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Backyard poultry farming for sustained production and enhanced nutritional and livelihood security with special reference to India: a review

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Title Backyard poultry farming for sustained production and enhanced nutritional and livelihood security with special reference to India: a review
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Creator U. Rajkumar, S. V. Rama Rao, M. V. L. N. Raju and R. N. Chatterjee
 
Subject Breeding . Nutrition . Health . Indigenous chicken . Improved varieties . Free-range farming
 
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A comprehensive review on backyard poultry farming (BYPF) was carried out with respect to history, status, production systems, management practices, role in socio-economic development, etc., considering the Indian scenario in particular. Backyard poultry is an age-old traditional practice where small numbers of native chickens are reared with or without inputs under the free-range scavenging conditions. Currently, BYPF contributes about 17.8% (18.41 billion) of the total egg production (103.32 billion) of India. The introduction of high yielding chicken varieties, which resemble the native chicken, transformed the BYPF into a highly remunerative farming activity. The BYPF has a proven potential to alleviate poverty, eradicate malnutrition, empower women, and provide subsidiary income, and gainful employment in rural and tribal areas. In India, four types of backyard poultry farming are practiced, i.e., traditional, small-scale rural, small-scale intensive, and native chicken farming. The aspects of breeding and nutritional strategies in the nursery, and free-range conditions, besides the housing and health care practices that are followed in India, are discussed in detail. Backyard poultry farming has huge potential for further expansion as the produce from this system is preferred across the country.
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Date 2021-03-25T05:26:02Z
2021-03-25T05:26:02Z
1001-01-01
 
Type Research Paper
 
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/46249
 
Language English
 
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Publisher Springer Nature