Which comes first the chicken or the rabbit? An interview with a rabbit farmer
Some of Kabissa members working in agricultural projects such as the Mixed Farming Common Iniative Group, Green Dreams, Community Skills Training, Agriculture and Development and Naramatisho Livestock Cooperative may be interested in this interview with Cameroonian farmer, Wilfred Allo.   Wilfred ran into financial problems due to the bird flu scare so decided to diversify by going into rabbit farming.
We realised that it was not good to put all our eggs in one basket. People were not eating eggs and not buying chicken anymore but we needed finances. We realised that if we had diversified into other areas of animal or crop production, we would have continued making a living and that is what effectively prompted us to go into rabbit farming.
Wilfred has found rabbit farming to be profitable because rabbits eat less food, are more flexible with their diet, put on weight more easily and finally sell for twice as much.
You enjoy a situation where animals are able to play with you, reproduce naturally and give you the money you need when you sell the rabbit and also give you the manure which you can sell or use for crop farming. Not only that; the meat itself is very appetising and even more appetising than chicken if you decide to put one in your pot.
