Small Holder Poultry
Mini-Hatcheries: A viable technology to facilitate supply of Day Old Chicks for rural poultry rearing
This case study from Bangladesh details the setting up and management of two models of mini-hatcheries namely the rice-husk model and the sand-based box type model. These models were designed and established to facilitate smallholder poultry rearing to improve the livelihoods of moderate and ultra poor households.
[Bangladesh]
[Small Holder Poultry]
[Mini-Hatcheries]
[Appropriate Technology]
Vertical Integration at Suguna Poultry Farms - A Critical look at Pro Poor Livelihood Issues
This study attempts to empirically analyze and document the concept of vertical integration with contract farming as practiced by Suguna Poultry Farms Ltd in Odisha. The case study details the terms of the contract and other features with a view to identifying practices that are unique and implemented by the company to promote poultry rearing among smallholder farmers.
[Small Holder Poultry]
[Contract Farming]
[Odisha]
A Rapid Rural Appraisal of the Family-based Poultry Distribution Scheme of West Bengal
This report presents the results of a Rapid Rural Appraisal of the Poultry Distribution Scheme implemented by the Government of West Bengal. It also reviews the rationale for investing in backyard and small-scale poultry production systems and illustrates the functioning and impact of this scheme.
[West Bengal]
[Kuroiler]
[Small Holder Poultry]
Dead birds or shattered hopes - A study of the impact of Bird Flu on poor people's poultry related livelihoods in West Bengal
This case study examines the impact of the bird flu outbreak in West Bengal, on the livelihoods of poultry dependent rural households, and other stakeholders associated with the door-step delivery model of the Kuroiler bird.
[Livelihoods]
[Small Holder Poultry]
[Bird Flu]
[West Bengal]
Smallholder Producers Under Vertical Integration in Andhra Pradesh
This case study documents and reviews the process of contract farming as practiced by the Venkateshwara Hatcheries limited (VHL) in Andhra Pradesh.
[Andhra Pradesh]
[Contract Farming]
[Small Holder Poultry]
Poultry based livelihoods of rural poor - Case of Kuroiler in West Bengal
This field study was initiated in 1997 to analyze the impact of the Kuroiler poultry bird in improving and sustaining livelihoods of the poor; understand threats and opportunities for the Kuroiler and to identify the need for policy support to promote market oriented household based poultry production systems.
[West Bengal]
[Livelihoods]
[Kuroiler]
[Small Holder Poultry]
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