Scienceline Publications Journal of World's Poultry Research 2322-455X 6 1 2016 March Analysis of Urban Household Demand for Poultry Production in Ado Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Nigeria 25 30 http://jwpr.science-line.com/attachments/article/35/J%20World%20Poult%20Res%206(1)%2025-30,%20March%2025,%202016.pdf EN Adelomo Bosede Sekumade Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension Services, Ekiti State University, Nigeria Sunday Wright Toluwase Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension Services, Ekiti State University, Nigeria The study investigates the urban household demand for poultry products in Ado Local Government areas of Ekiti State, Nigeria. A two-stage sampling technique was used to select respondents for the study. Ten wards were randomly selected in Ado local government area and this was followed by a random selection of twelve households from each selected ward, making a total number of 120 respondents used for the survey with the aid of structured questionnaires. The analytical techniques used include descriptive statistics like mean, minimum value, maximum value; standard deviation and linear regression analysis were used to analyze the relationship between the household’s socio-economic characteristics and the amount spent on poultry products. The results obtained revealed that majority of the household (45.4) percent believed that taste of the poultry product determine the demand for poultry products, the mean amount spent on poultry product monthly is ₦4,918.61(24.59USD) which is very low, it may be due to the high price of poultry products or easy accessibility to a close substitute which made respondents demand for more substitutes than poultry products and the regression analysis for the determinant of households demand for poultry products reveals that variables such as “years spent in formal education, household size and average monthly income” had positive effect on amount spent on poultry products. There should be a policy measure that will ensure increase in purchasing power of the people’s income which will invariably contribute positively to the improvement of nutritional status of the people and government price intervention program should be introduced in order to stabilize the fluctuation of poultry products prices. Analysis Urban Household Demand Poultry Products