Empowering Tribal Women Through Backyard Poultry in Bastar District of Chhattisgarh

Chaturvedani, A.K.; Lal, Niranjan; Khalid,; Khyalia, N K; Pratap, Jitendra

doi:10.5958/2349-4433.2015.00029.x

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“…The average body weights of the birds at marketing in commercial and backyard farming were 2 and 1.85 kg respectively. Similar finding in backyard poultry farming was also reported by Chaturvedani et al (2015). Feeding of concentrate feed and grains and adoption of scientific management practices might be the reason for attaining better weight at an early age in commercial desi chicken farming.…”

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Comparative analysis of production system and marketing pattern of commercial desi chicken farming venture and backyard poultry farming in Tamil Nadu

BABYUSHA¹,

SAKTHIVEL²,

NARMATHA³

et al. 2021

Indian J of Anim Sci

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A study was taken up to evaluate the production system and marketing pattern of commercial desi chicken farming venture in relation to backyard poultry farming in Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu. The findings revealed that the farmers of commercial desi chicken farming venture differ significantly (from backyard poultry farmers with respect to management, production and marketing aspects, viz. type of housing, provision of drinker and feeder, feeding practices for different age groups, feeding of kitchen waste, type of brooding, use of disinfectant and adoption of vaccination, deworming and delicing. The use of litter material and method of incubation also differed significantly between farming methods. The production performances like body weight at eight and 12 weeks of age, annual egg production, number of clutches per year, hatchability of eggs, livabilty of birds and marketing age of the birds were also significantly different between the two methods of desi chicken farming.

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Comparative analysis of production system and marketing pattern of commercial desi chicken farming venture and backyard poultry farming in Tamil Nadu

BABYUSHA¹,

SAKTHIVEL²,

NARMATHA³

et al. 2021

Indian J of Anim Sci

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“…Most of the members had satisfactory knowledge about poultry diseases prevalent in the study area and the mode of administration of the Ranikhet disease vaccine. In the remaining parameters, performance was poor amongst members who were supposed to be improved through training (Chaturvedani et al, 2017). Most of the nonmembers reported satisfactory performance in knowing signs of diarrhea and average mortality in a batch.…”

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Knowledge Level of Smallholder Woman Farmers of Poultry Producer Company in Madhya Pradesh

Patel

Chander

Verma³

et al. 2022

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The poultry producer companies provide trainings and extension services to their members. The present study was conducted in 2021-22 in Madhya Pradesh state to assess the impact of poultry Producer Company on knowledge level of smallholder women poultry farmers of company. Ex-post facto research design was used. Multistage sampling was done for the selection of respondents. Data was collected from randomly selected, 140 members and 140 non-members, through a structured interview schedule. Propensity score matching was applied at 0.2 tolerance level, to reduce extraneous variable effect and finally 96 members and 96 non-members respondents were selected for data analysis and interpretation of results. The majority of the members had medium to a high level of knowledge of poultry housing, brooding, litter management and feeding while medium to low level of knowledge of healthcare management, whereas, most non-members had a medium to low level of knowledge of poultry housing, litter management, feeding, and healthcare, and medium to high level of knowledge of brooding. There was a significant difference in knowledge of members and non-members at 0.1% level of significance regarding housing, litter management, and feeding and interpreted as poultry producer company had positive impact on knowledge of member poultry farmers.

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“…India is currently producing 2.75 million tones of chicken meat and 65.48 million (2.86 million tonnes) of hen eggs/year (ICAR-DPR, 2012). Market driven backyard poultry enterprises are being recognized as a stepping stone for the poorest households enabling them to take the first step towards breaking out of the vicious circle of poverty and deprivation (Chaturvedani et al, 2015).…”

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Backyard Poultry as a Resilient Technology for Augmenting Farm Income

Kumar¹,

Kumar²,

Srinivas³

et al. 2019

Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci

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Rural population living in India constitutes 72.2 per cent of the total population, which is predominantly occupied by poor, marginal farmers and landless labourers. Backyard poultry production is an old age profession of rural families of India. It is the most potent source for subsidiary incomes for landless and poor farmers. It is an enterprise with low initial investment but higher economic returns and can easily be managed by women, children and old aged persons of the households. Now-a-days, poultry meat and

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Empowering Tribal Women Through Backyard Poultry in Bastar District of Chhattisgarh

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Comparative analysis of production system and marketing pattern of commercial desi chicken farming venture and backyard poultry farming in Tamil Nadu

Comparative analysis of production system and marketing pattern of commercial desi chicken farming venture and backyard poultry farming in Tamil Nadu

Knowledge Level of Smallholder Woman Farmers of Poultry Producer Company in Madhya Pradesh

Backyard Poultry as a Resilient Technology for Augmenting Farm Income

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