National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Desi bird rearing is a beneficial enterprise, nursing regular income and livelihood of tribal women farmers. The project entitled “Empowerment of tribal women by developing desi chicken enterprise in Salem District” was funded by State Balanced Growth Fund, Tamil Nadu (SBGF) and implemented by Veterinary University Training and Research Centre, Salem at Chinngoundapuram village, Ayodhyapattinam block, Salem District. The activities such as imparting training and technical guidance to the beneficiaries of the scheme, procurement and supply of inputs such as birds, cages, feed and egg incubator along with power back up were carried out by Veterinary University Training and Research Centre, Salem. A total of 50 tribal women were selected from Chinnagoundapuram village and formed into 5 common livelihood Groups. Total number of birds alive at the end of one year was 3.88 ± 0.10 out of six birds supplied to each beneficiary. The age (days) at laying first egg was 160 ± 1.34. Hatchability (%) of eggs using egg incubator was 73.12 ± 1.30. The overall bird mortality (%) was 22.12 ± 2.12. Monthly additional income per family was INR 1450 ± 37. It was concluded that the desi bird rearing is a very beneficial enterprise, ensuring additional regular income and plays the major role in empowering tribal women.
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