Table 2. Distribution of respondent cattle farmers, total cattle population ( FMARD, 2010) and the numbers surveyed in the seven states surveyed.
| States | Total cattle
population in each state |
Distribution
of respondent farmers |
Total cattle per
state included in survey |
Average size of
herds included in survey |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bauchi | 532,055 | 54 | 3,426 | 63 |
| Kaduna | 655,382 | 56 | 4,142 | 74 |
| Kano | 546,303 | 26 | 1,693 | 65 |
| Nasarawa | 1,312,481 | 47 | 4,859 | 103 |
| Niger | 221,473 | 55 | 4,102 | 75 |
| Sokoto | 392,872 | 55 | 4,819 | 88 |
| Zamfara | 3,175,050 | 43 | 1,200 | 28 |
| TOTAL | 6,835,616 | 336 | 24,241 | - |