Management Practices for Backyard Poultry Farming: A Tool to Generate Income for Rural Livelihood in India
U. T. Mundhe*
Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Mahatma Gandhi Mission, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Gandheli, Aurangabad, Maharashtra (431 007), India
V. D. Deshmukh
Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Mahatma Gandhi Mission, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Gandheli, Aurangabad, Maharashtra (431 007), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Backyard Poultry, Eggs, Farming, Gramapriya
Abstract
In India, rural population ranges from 65 to 70 percentages among total living population which mainly comprises of poor, marginal, less land and landless people. Backyard poultry farming is an age old practice for production of eggs and meat. Most of the backyard poultry farming includes indigenous poultry birds which were having poor or less production performance in terms of egg and meat along with high susceptibility to occurrence of diseases. Earlier the annual egg production potential of indigenous poultry birds ranges from 65 to 75 eggs/bird/year along with less weight gain which led towards less meat production. Such type of drawback can be easily overcome by using improved varieties of backward poultry birds which are having better egg and meat production potential ability. It is a better tool to improve socio-economic status of poor livelihood and traditional farmers as it needs low capital initial investment along with high economic output.
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