Broiler farming: An approach to improve rural livelihood

Mozumdar, Lavlu; Farid, KS; Jahid, Ahmed; Rahman, M. Wakilur

doi:10.3329/jbau.v7i2.4752

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“…A look into Table 10 reveals that majority of the respondents (66%) had medium size (300-1,000 birds) followed by small size (25%, 100-300 birds) and large size (9%, 1,000 and above birds) flock. Mozumdar et al (2009) found that small broiler farmers (300-2,000 birds) dominated the rural areas of Mymensingh in Bangladesh. Flock size of 300-1,000 birds was very less in comparison to other states of India.…”

Section: Flock Sizementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Occupation Table 6 reveals that majority of the farmers were agriculturists (35%) in occupation followed by broiler farmers (27%), government servant (20%), non-agricultural labourers (11%) and craftsmen (7%). Mozumdar et al (2009) reported that 46% respondents were crop producers, 34% broiler farmers, 8% service holders and 12% businessmen, fishermen and others. However, Gogoi (2004) found that 40% of the respondents were service holders, 30% were businessmen and 20% were farmers.…”

Section: Family Typementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Besides, they possessed fan (82%), colour television (80%), motorcycle/scooter/moped/scooty (46%), radio (39%), car (23%), landline telephone (21%), sewing machine (20%), bicycle (14%) and black and white television (3%). Mozumdar et al (2009) reported that possession of television, sewing machine, dining table, electric fans and mobile phone were increased by 170%, 88%, 109%, 84% and 79%, respectively after adopting broiler farming.…”

Section: Asset Possessionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Study on Socio-economic Profile of the Broiler Farmers in Mizoram

Sailo¹,

Das²

2018

IJBSM

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Transformed from backyard rearing to commercially organized industry in last five decades, India is the second largest egg producer and third largest broiler-chicken producer in the world. Mizo people traditionally rear poultry in the backyard. Poultry production in Mizoram took turn in the late eighties with establishment of broiler farms in the state. Though there is no large scale poultry farm in Mizoram, almost 70 percent of the farmers keep poultry for subsidiary income. Though studies were abundant in other states of India, studies on broiler farming are rare in Mizoram. Keeping this in view, a research was undertaken to study the socio-economic profile of the broiler farmers to help R&D professionals to improve the situations. Two districts, Aizawl and Kolasib, were selected purposively for the based on the number of broiler farms. From each district, two development blocks and from each block five villages were selected purposively based on the number of broiler farms. Total 20 villages were selected. From each village five farmers engaged in broiler farming were selected randomly. So, the total number of respondents for the study was 100, i.e. 50 from each district. A pre-tested semi-structured interview schedule was used for data collection. The data were compiled, tabulated and analyzed using percentage, frequency and chi-square test. Results revealed that majority of the farmers were middle-aged male with middle school education living in nuclear medium size family rearing a flock of 100-1,000 birds. They always used television and newspaper. A study on extension education service need assessment of the broiler farmers is recommended. AbstractArticle History

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Section: Flock Sizementioning

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Section: Family Typementioning

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A Study on Socio-economic Profile of the Broiler Farmers in Mizoram

Sailo¹,

Das²

2018

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“…A look into Table 1 reveals that majority of the respondents (66%) had medium size (300-1,000 birds) followed by small size (25%, 100-300 birds) and large size (9%, 1,000 and above birds) flock. Mozumdar et al (2009) found that small broiler farmers (300-2,000 birds) dominated the rural areas of Mymensingh in Bangladesh. Flock size of 300-1,000 birds was very less in comparison to other states of India.…”

Section: Flock Sizementioning

confidence: 99%

A Study on Broiler Farming Practices Followed by the Farmers in Mizoram

Sailo¹,

Das²

2018

IJBSM

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Broiler farming practices followed by the broiler farmers in Mizoram were studied to help R&D professionals take measures to improve the situation. From eight districts in Mizoram two (Aizawl and Kolasib), from each district two blocks and from each block five villages were selected purposively having maximum number of broiler farms, and from each village five farmers engaged in broiler farming were selected randomly to have a total of 100 respondents who were interviewed using a pre-tested semi-structured interview schedule. With a medium flock size (300-1,000, 66%) they purchased feed mainly from the feed dealer (41%) 3,200-16,000 kg feed (57%) spending ` 95,000-4,80,000 (53%) in a year they housed their birds intensively (69%). Cleaning the poultry houses by sweeping and washing with plain water 39% buried the dead birds. Treating the birds mainly by themselves (63%) farmers vaccinated their flocks against IBD (47%) and ND (30%) with little concern about the vaccination schedule. With an average ` 45 per chick, ` 150 per kg live bird and ` 38 per kg feed farmers sold their birds at 3 months weighing 3 kg majority (54%) sold their birds in the village. Measures should be taken to make the farmers aware of the need for vaccination on time and the need for adopting a scientific system of rearing. Marketing and veterinary services should be provided to improve the situation.

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“…Final rank order of the selected problems was done based on total weighted score of each problem. Total score was determined by the formula followed by Mozumdar et al (2009). The formula is given below.…”

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Socio-economic profile of duck farmers and duck management practices in Rajshahi region

Alam¹,

Uddin²,

Bablu³

et al. 2013

Bang. J. Anim. Sci.

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Department of Agriculture Extension Education, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, BangladeshThe present study was conducted to determine the socio-economic profiles of the duck farmers and to investigate the management practices of duck farming and to identify the problems of duck farming in two upazilas of Rajshahi district namely: Bagmara and Tanore during the period from April to May 2012 by using a pre-tested questionnaire. Socio-economic profile of the duck farmers like age, education, family size, occupation, marital status, farm size, training received, annual income and management practices particularly housing, feeding, breeding, cleaning, disposal of diseased/dead birds, vaccination program, veterinary services followed by the farmers were investigated during the research. A total of 100 duck (50 from each upazila) were selected randomly for this study. The results reveal that most of the respondent farmers were young (60%) having secondary level of education (69%). Family size of the most of the farmers (57%) were small (size 4.53 persons) and majority of the farmers (75%) were marginal (0.021-020 hectare). Most of the farmers were medium income group (57%) with mean annual income of Tk. 200500. About 42% farmers had training on farming of different duration (7 to 30 d). Highest proportion of the duck houses were made of tin-shed (74%) having necessary floor space for ducks. The data obtained illustrated that majority of the farmers (74%) used sufficient supplementary feed to their ducks. About 65% of the farmers reared Deshi ducks in their farms. Most of the farmers (70%) cleaned their farm houses regularly. About 73% farmers separated their diseased duck from healthy ones. It was also found that most of the farmers (89%) buried their dead ducks under soil. Data indicated that majority of the farmers (67%) had partial idea about duck diseases. The highest proportion of the farmers (72%) followed vaccination program strictly. About 71% farmers consulted with village doctor. Nearly 51% farmers had low level of knowledge about duck farming. In the present study 10 problems were identified out of which low price of duck meat and egg made ranked as most serious problems. If the problems are addressed properly, the duck raising could be more profitable business in Bangladesh.

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Broiler farming: An approach to improve rural livelihood

Cited by 9 publications

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A Study on Socio-economic Profile of the Broiler Farmers in Mizoram

A Study on Socio-economic Profile of the Broiler Farmers in Mizoram

A Study on Broiler Farming Practices Followed by the Farmers in Mizoram

Socio-economic profile of duck farmers and duck management practices in Rajshahi region

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