Backyard poultry farming with Srinidhi Low -Input-Technology Birds
The eggs and meat of birds reared in the backyard farming fetches higher premium due to high consumer acceptability even in the urban sectors where plenty of eggs and poultry meat from commercial units are available. Besides stable supply of high-quality animal food, backyard poultry production promotes income opportunities particularly for the weaker sections in the tribal areas. The backyard farming will certainly improve the economic status of a majority of rural/tribal families from lower socio-economic groups in the rural/tribal areas. Backyard farming fulfill a wide range of functions e.g. the provision of meat and eggs, food for special festivals, chicken for traditional ceremonies, pest control and petty cash, utilizing minimum inputs, minimum human attention, and causing less environmental pollution. It can be concluded that backyard poultry farming with Vanaraja and Srinidhi varieties is a proven technology for doubling the farming income in tribal areas of India.
Backyard poultry are primarily reared for egg and meat production in rural areas of the country and can be advantageously promoted in rural areas. As the large commercial poultry production continues to be concentrated in urban and periurban locations which have proven to be powerful tool for alleviation of rural poverty, eradication of malnutrition and creation of gainful employment in vast rural areas. Srinidhi, a dual purpose chicken breed developed by the Directorate of Poultry Research, Hyderabad (Telangana) by adopting specific breeding strategies. The birds have potential to produce more eggs and meat than desi chicken. This breed has multi-colored plumage, longer shank, high general immune competence, faster growth than desi hen and more eggs which are brown in color. Body weight of a bird indicates its genetic constitution and adaptation with respect to the specific environment and measure the cumulative growth.
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