Supplementing Rural Livelihoods through Backyard Duckery Farming in Murshidabad District of West Bengal, India

Roy, Amrita; Roy, Pankaj; Datta, Samar K.; Haldar, Avijit; Roy, Utpal Singha; Pathak, Poonam; Patra, Sarat Kumar; Taleb, A.; Maji, Animesh

doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2017.612.402

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“…In north-eastern India (Assam), the age (days) at sexual maturity for KC was 195-210; and the annual egg production per duck was 120-140 (Islam et al 2002). In West Bengal, the age (days) at first egg production of KC was 172 and the average annual egg production was 193 (Roy et al 2017). In Jharkhand, the age (days) at first egg production, annual egg production and egg weight (g) in KC ducks were 151, 126.58 and 61-64, respectively (Jha and Chakrabarti 2017).…”

Section: Important Duck Breedsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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In India, the contribution of ducks for egg and meat production is next to chicken. There are many advantagesof duck production over chicken. The important available ducks in the country are few exotic breeds and locallyavailable indigenous ducks. Ducks can be reared under intensive, semi-intensive and extensive rearing system.However, in India, ducks are mostly reared in small flock size as subsidiary source of income. The major duck basedintegrated farming system are duck-fish, duck-rice and duck-rice-fish integrated farming system. Feed is the majorfactor in livestock and poultry production system as it accounts about 70-75% of the total cost of production. Tominimize the cost of production, many locally available alternate or unconventional feed ingredients, viz. azolla,cassava, broken rice are used for feeding of ducks. The constraints of duck farming are mainly the unavailability ofsuitable germplasm, scarcity in natural feed resources, drying of natural water bodies, difficulty in the availabilityof vaccines, poor marketing facilities, etc. In India, there is ample scope for duck production to meet egg and meatdemand of the country. Suitable duck breeds or varieties need to be developed for rural backyard duck farming.Comprehensive feeding packages along with scientific management practices for different types of ducks should beformulated for economic production of duck eggs and meat. There is a need for establishment of hatcheries and other infrastructures in rural areas to promote duck farming for sustainable livelihood of the people.

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Section: Important Duck Breedsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The adult male and female of Kashmir ducks weighs 1.79 kg and 1.62 kg, respectively (Bihaqi et al 2014). In West Bengal, the age (days) at first egg production of Desi duck was 196; and the average annual egg production was 79 (Roy et al 2017).…”

Section: Kuttanad Ducksmentioning

confidence: 99%