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P-ISSN: 2349-8528, E-ISSN: 2321-4902   |   Impact Factor: GIF: 0.565

Vol. 6, Special Issue 4 (2018)

Nutrition security & income generation through poultry farming


Author(s): Dr. Shobha Rani, Dr. Dinesh Mahto and Dr. Devendra Kumar

Abstract: Poultry farming is an important source of supplimentary income and it also contributes towards nutritipn security particularly to landless & small farm families specially women. The poultry rearing provides a renewable asset as a ready source of cash & quality nutrients in the human diet. The major positive part of poultry farming is that it’s a less capital intensive and livelihood oriented enterprise. Therefore, the adoption of this enterprise by rural households will certainly contribute towards increasing family income and overall socio-economic development. With this background, a study was conducted in Jehanabad district of Bihar to assess the knowledge of farmers about various poultry rearing practices, impact of training provided by the Krishi Vigyan Kendra and to know the gender role in backyard poultry & constraints faced. Participants enriched with sound knowledge were provided chicks of local breed under demonstration programme of KVK as well as by the district level Agency ATMA. The findings indicated that majority of the respondents possessed medium level of knowledge about selected poultry husbandry practices. It was also observes that poultry keeping was a gender friendly technology as in many cases women often control the whole process of backyard poultry keeping right from feeding tio marketting contributing towards women empowerment by economic independence & nutrition security. From economic point of view, requirement of small space, low capital investment, quick return from outlay and well distributed turnover throughout the year make poultry farming remunerative and viable enterprise. However, high mortality rate, low egg production and weight gain due to unhealthy management practices and lack of knowledge constitute major constraints in poultry farming that has to be addressed further through proper training and capacity building programmes.

Pages: 196-198  |  906 Views  71 Downloads

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How to cite this article:
Dr. Shobha Rani, Dr. Dinesh Mahto and Dr. Devendra Kumar. Nutrition security & income generation through poultry farming. International Journal of Chemical Studies. 2018; 6(4): 196-198.
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