A Comprehensive Study on a Sustainable Module of Poultry Farming for the Livelihood Promotion of Rural Farmers and Youth in District Katihar, India | Chapter 7| Agricultural Sciences: Techniques and Innovations Vol. 3

 

The socioeconomic condition of rural, poor families, farm women, rural youth and landless labourers of India may change with the help of backyard poultry farming at the village level. For villagers and poor people of India, chicken is a good source of high-quality protein at the local level. Poultry meat and eggs are also a good source of income. Due to low production, income and high cost of rearing of poultry birds, there is a need for a proper marketing system, management techniques to meet the present demand of meat and egg production in the country. A study on the level of adoption and constraints of backyard poultry rearing practices was conducted in rural areas of Katihar district of Bihar. The data were collected on the basis of a questionnaire from 130 respondents on the basis of an interview schedule. Participatory Rural Appraisal is a method of survey, which is used to get the baseline (primary) database of the village or community for the better implementation of technology. It is revealed from study that before the project 32.19 percent farmers were aware about the improved health practices while majority 67.80 percent of the respondents were unaware about the improved management practices like brooding, cleaning and use of disinfectant for unit, feeding ready made feeds, post-mortem of dead birds by vet doctors, segregation of diseased birds, provide mineral mixture, timely treatment of sick birds and consulting vet doctors. The result showed that the majority of the respondents in district Katihar were female, and adoption of poultry farming was high among rural women. The participation of rural women is higher than that of men. Farmers who had primary level education indicated high level of adoption towards poultry farming rather than illiterate and higher education. After training, farmers knew about poultry health improvement techniques and most of the respondents practiced these poultry rearing management methods. It is obtained from the data that a highly significant and positive response was recorded for Timely treatment of sick birds, segregation of diseased birds and consulting vet doctors. The present study concluded that the major constraints in poultry were low egg price in summer, high cost of inputs, difficulty in finance and high death rate of birds. It indicates government should design a module to provide soft loans, training facilities and proper marketing facilities to the backyard poultry farmers for their betterment.

 

Author(s) Details

 

Kushwah Sunita
KVK, Samastipur II, Bihar, India.

 

Kumar Arun
SKRAU University, Bikaner, Rajsathan, India

 

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