SUCCESS STORIES

Backyard Poultry and Incubation

There was a long felt need among the farmer, farmwomen and rural youth to start the production of poultry birds.  Backyard poultry is a part of livelihood among the farmwomen. However, low egg production and weight gain is the major problem in the back yard poultry.  KVK conducted various programme to improve the status of backyard poultry for the farmwomen.  For this purpose KVK sehected two breeds of poultry, Giriraja for weight gain and RIR for egg purpose.  Two families from each selected village given chicks of Giriraja and RIR for backyard poultry to up-grade the local flock of poultry.  The results of the breeds were encouraging.

This promoted the farmwomen to purchase the eggs of Giriraja an d RIR birds.  These eggs successfully incubated under their local fowl. In this way the indirect contacties have also obtained the eggs and chicks from direct contacties, for their back yard poultry.

            Through the Giriraja and RIR are most suitable for back yard poultry, they do not have habit of broodiness. There is a problem among the farmer to get a broody hen in all season. KVK solve this problem of hatching by installing small unit of hatchery.  Every month 15-20 farmers are benefited by purchasing of Giriraja and RIR chicks for backyard poultry.  There are 200 back yard poultry units of Giriraja and RIR established in the surrounding villages. Each farmer is rearing 25 to 50 in the backyard.  There is a good demand and response for the chicks and eggs of Giriraja and RIR.  KVK is now planning to expand this unit.

Problem  - Low egg production in backyard poultry

                 - Low wt gain in backyard poultry

                 - Lack of broody hen

                 - Lack of vaccination8/span

                 - Lack of feeding & watering mgt.

Innovative Practice Adopted by Farmer-Preparatio n of home made feed from available ingredients & use of home made waterers for clean water supply, use of feederers to avoid feed losses and undertaking vaccination programme to minimize viral diseases outbreak. Brooding and medication in due course of time reduced mortality percentage

 Yield and Economic Benefits-Due to up gradation of local poultry with RIR breed there is increase in egg production by 50 percent and due to Giriraja meat quality is improve. Regular vaccination result decrease in mortality. Homemade feed preparation reduce the cost and improved the FCR ratio.

 Future Plan-KVK in future will provide day chicks of Giriraja and RIR in large quantity   for rearing commercially local bird production unit for rural youth so that they can get sufficient income.

Semi Stall-fed Goat Rearing

          Rural youths are in dilemma  to choose a enterprise for self employment though traditional goat farming seen  in the almost all villages of Ahmednagar district, farmers used to keep some local breeds of goats with them.  The common goat breed reared in these villages is non-descript which gives less milk yield with less weight gain and twins . Similarly for these goats, they are neither adopting proper feed, breed nor deworming and vaccination  management.  Common practice among the farmers is whole day grazing  of these goats .

 KVK made an intervention to improve this enterprise by conducting short durational training programmes for rural youth,.  Similarly exposure visit  were organized on goat feed, breed and health management.  More emphasis was given  on  Osmanabadi goat breed and up-gradation in selected non –descript  goat breed by osmanabadi pure buck and  given  the knowledge about semi stallfed goat rearing concept.

   Due to semi stall feeding feed and health management was improved and saved 50 percent expenditure on fodder .  Earning of Rs. 1500/2000 from 25+1 units as additional income besides getting pure goats manure for their farm.

With the constant efforts made by KVK, the attitude and knowledge level of rural youth regarding goat rearing has increased.  This has helped them to accept this occupation.  These   rural youth  are  ideal source  for generation of self employment  to other rural youth of nearby villages.

Contract farming in Broiler Production - for self employment generation

             Though Rural youths are well literate  but they are unable to ascertain the enterprise for self employment .  After survey it was observed that there is lot of scope for broiler production in the villages due to fresh ventilation  clean water supply besides large scale assured market.  The KVK has intervened and identified contract farming in broiler poultry production  as an assured income generating enterprise for the rural youths.

            For effective intervention KVK conducted long duration training programmes and made linkages with private poultry secter viz.Venkateshwara,Saguna,Amrut chicks for contract farming  for KVK trained trainees.

            KVK has conducted  6 long durational training programmes for 165 trainees.  Due to training and demonstrations awareness was increased about con tract farming in broiler production with private sector which provide chicks,feed and medicine and after 40 days purchases  Rs.3 to 3.50 per kg on live weight and FCR basis and changed their attitude.  They acquired skills through learning by doing at KVK demonstration unit.

             The technology has been adopted by 10 per cent of youths Now in the radius of 20 km there are 27  poultry unit having capacity  of 5000-10000 poultry birds on contract farming basis .These self employed rural youth earning Rs 10000-15000 per lot

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