Proceedings of the Workshop on Small-Holder Poultry Rearing: A Sustainable Livelihood Opportunity for the Rural Poor

The workshop was designed with the objective of building awareness on the immense potential of poultry rearing as a viable income earning opportunity for the rural poor, identifying opportunities that the poultry sector presents, and planning what needs to be done to enable smallholders to participate in and benefit from an expanding poultry market. (Refer to the concept note)

Over 80 participants from government programmes and research institutions, NGOs and donor agencies attended the day-long workshop, which was inaugurated by Dr. Amarjeet Singh Nanda, Animal Husbandry Commissioner, Government of India, who also delivered the workshop key-note address.

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Presentations made during the workshop can be viewed from the following links:

• Small-Holder Poultry Rearing - A Sustainable Livelihood Opportunity for the Rural Poor - Dr A.S. Nanda   (Download  494KB)

• Indian Poultry Sector - Integrating Poor & Small-holders: Opportunities & Challenges - Mr Anish Kumar  (Download  385KB)

• Livelihood Security through House-hold Poultry Rearing in Bastar: Interventions and Impact - Dr P.K. Shinde   (Download  5.1MB)

• Community Centric Broiler Farming - Making Poor Participate in Poultry Growth - Dr H.K. Deka   (Download  1.3MB)

• Small Scale Poultry Rearing - The Bangladesh Model - Dr Md A. Saleque   (Download  712KB)

• Keggfarms: The Kuroiler Supply Chain - Mr Shankar Ghosh   (Download  551KB)

• Strengthening of Backyard Poultry Production Systems - Ms Bhagya Laxmi S.   (Download  1MB)

• Rural Backyard Poultry Development - Next Steps and Way Forward - Dr Sujit Nayak   (Download  4.4MB)