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Small Scale Broiler Farming at Santhia Upazilla of Pabna District of Bangladesh

F Sultana
Department of Poultry Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh.

H Khatun
Department of Animal Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh.

A Islam
Department of Poultry Science, Bangladesh. Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh.

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The experiment was conducted for profiling the existing broiler farming at Santhia upazilla under Pabna District during the period from February to March, 2012. Data were collected using an interview schedule from 50 randomly selected respondents who were involved in broiler farming. In this study out of 50 respondents 60% were engaged in agriculture, 36% businessman and 4% were in services. About 48% respondents had small size farms (100-500 birds), 40% had medium (501-1000 birds) and remaining were large size (1001-2000 birds). Most of the respondents reared Cobb-500 strain, those were purchased from Kazi Farms Ltd. Out of 50 respondents 30% took necessary suggestions from the experienced farmers, 90% farmers regularly vaccinated their broilers and 70% farmers taken short training on broiler farming. About 78% respondents considered market weight as 1.5 kg per bird, whereas the rest 22% sold broiler weighing about 1.8 kg per bird. Most of the respondents (64%) sold broiler at 30-33 d of age and about 80% respondents marketing their broiler at 110-115 taka per kg live bird. About 36% respondents had production cost approximately 90-95 taka per kg bird. In this study, about 36% respondents reported more marketing age of birds, 32% reported higher cost of production and 30% reported lack of training facilities. In conclusion, the result of present study could be considered useful to farmers and researchers to identify the overall problems and their remedies on management and marketing related to broiler production.

Keywords: Broiler production, Farming system

Location: Santhia upazilla under Pabna

Start Date: 00-02-2012

End Date: 00-03-2012

Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Commodity: Chicken

Objectives:

To identify the existing management system of broiler farm, problems related with broiler production and their potential solutions.

Methodology:

The present study was conducted to investigate the existing broiler farming status at Santhia upazilla under Pabna District during the period from February to March, 2012. Data were collected through an interview schedule involving 50 respondents who were involved in broiler farming. Respondents were randomly selected from different parts of the upazilla for collecting data to address the objectives. In this study 50 respondents were interviewed to find out their socio-economic condition. The selected characteristics included age, occupation, total annual income, annual income from poultry, farm size, rearing system, sources of day old chick, type of feed used, feed price, marketing age, marketing price, farmer's problem and recommendations.Data were collected following the direct interviews and making frequent personal visits. Interviews were normally conducted in the market or in respondent’s house during their leisure time. Major focal points of the interview were the general information about the farmers, number of farms and birds, management of broiler farm, feed source, fundamental idea on rearing and marketing of broiler. Problems and probable solutions related to broiler production were also focused. The collected data were Results and Discussion analyzed statistically by using simple statistical tools like average and percentage through SPSS software.

Source of Information: Bang. J. Anim. Sci. 2012. 41 (2): 116-119

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Achievement/Findings:

In this study out of 50 respondents 60% were engaged in agriculture, 36% businessman and 4% were in services. About 48% respondents had small size farms (100-500 birds), 40% had medium (501-1000 birds) and remaining were large size (1001-2000 birds). Most of the respondents reared Cobb-500 strain, those were purchased from Kazi Farms Ltd. Out of 50 respondents 30% took necessary suggestions from the experienced farmers, 90% farmers regularly vaccinated their broilers and 70% farmers taken short training on broiler farming. About 78% respondents considered market weight as 1.5 kg per bird, whereas the rest 22% sold broiler weighing about 1.8 kg per bird. Most of the respondents (64%) sold broiler at 30-33 d of age and about 80% respondents marketing their broiler at 110-115 taka per kg live bird. About 36% respondents had production cost approximately 90-95 taka per kg bird. In this study, about 36% respondents reported more marketing age of birds, 32% reported higher cost of production and 30% reported lack of training facilities. In conclusion, the result of present study could be considered useful to farmers and researchers to identify the overall problems and their remedies on management and marketing related to broiler production.

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