Scientific Backyard Poultry Production: An Approach for Livelihood Enhancement of Rural Farmers of Ropar District

Abstract

Egg and poultry meat serves as inexpensive sources of protein, especially across different socio-economic groups of Punjab. This form of production is characterized by low-cost initial inputs, with birdsallowed free movement in scavenge mode for backyard rearing. As the eggs and meat produced from backyard poultry farming nearly organic, fetches high price and are of high demand among the consumers. In this regards, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ropar, Punjab identified the technological gaps by conducting various field testing and demonstrations and finally motivated the farmers to adopt Backyard Poultry Farming (BYPF) as sustainable source of livelihood and nutritional security through various Human Resource Development programmes.