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Prospect and Challenges in Broiler Farming of Barguna District in Bangladesh

F. Islam
Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh.

M. S. Hossain
Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh.

A. Akhtar
Department of Livestock Services, Dhaka, Bangladesh

M. H. Hossain
Deputy Manager
Livelihoods, Nobo Jibon, Save the Children, Project Office, Barguna2

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

A total of 21 farms and 10542 broiler birds from 12 villages of 3 upazila under Barguna district in Bangladesh during June 2014 to July 2014 were studied. Among selected farms, 47.62% were small (200-450 birds) and 52.38% were medium (500-1000 birds) and most of the farmers (71.40%) were with secondary level education while majority (61.90%) had no training in broiler farming. However, 42.86% farmers reared Hubbard Classic and 38.09% reared Cobb-500 while the rest farmers reared Arber Aceres, Ross and Lohmanh commercial hybrid broiler. Several poultry hatcheries and feed companies were involved to supply day old chicks and feeds through their respective dealers to the broiler farmers in the study area. All broiler houses were open sided and most of them (85.71%) were with gable type roof of corrugated iron sheet. Most of the farmers (95.20%) were using sawdust as litter materials and all farmers were using the disposed litter as fertilizer. All farmers were using electric brooder and brooding their birds for 7 days while 85.70% farmers were using hurricane lantern for standby power supply for brooding period. All farmers were using Newcastle and Infectious Bursal Disease vaccine and 81% farmers were de-worming their birds. About 85.7% farmers reported that Marek’s disease vaccine were administered in day old chicks at hatchery level while 81% farmers sale their live broiler at local market and about 52.40% farmers use their disposed feed bags of their own farm and household purpose. Mean live broiler weight at marketing age, feed conversion ratio and bird mortality rate were 1502.38±35.27gm, 1.93±0.04 and 3.51±0.65 %, respectively. Maximum broiler farmers had secondary level education and had no training. Broiler farming in Barguna district has generated employment opportunity in this sector. Bank loan with easy access and lower rate of interest might be helpful for the broiler farmers to run their enterprise without dependency on dealers. Field survey primary data and farmers opinion regarding day old chicks price and live broiler marketing suggested that selling live broiler at high price and buying day old chick at low price make the farm operation profitable and vice versa. Again farmer’s opinion suggested that higher feed price is reducing the profitability of broiler farms. Hence, it might be concluded that higher feed price and day old chicks and live broiler market instability are the major challenges in broiler farming in Barguna district of Bangladesh.

Keywords: Prospect, Challenges, Broiler Farming, Feed, Chicks and Market Instability

Location: Amtoli, Barguna sadar, and Patharghata upazila of Barguna district

Start Date: 00-06-2014

End Date: 00-07-2014

Program Area: Animal Health and Management

Commodity: Chicken

Objectives:

To investigate the prospects and challenges of broiler farming in Barguna district.

Methodology:

The study was conducted to investigate the prospects and challenges of broiler farming in Barguna district. To pursue the study a pre prescribed questionnaire was used and 5 broiler farms from Amtoli upazila, 10 broiler farms from Barguna sadar upazila and 6 broiler farms from Patharghata upazila of Barguna district in Bangladesh were enumerated by door to door visit. Farmers characters like education level, training, experiences and work forces on broiler farming were recorded while farm management parameters like farm size, housing system, commercial hybrid broiler strains, litter materials, drinks during loading day old chicks in house, brooding system, vaccination, de-worming, growth promoter use, day old chicks purchase, feed purchase and live broiler marketing were studied. Data were collected on day old chick weight, live broiler weight at market age, feed consumption, number of birds sold and mortality during June 2014 to July 2014. Feed conversion ratio (FCR), mortality rate up to age of marketing (MTRT), feed cost in Bangladeshi Taka (BDT) per kg live broiler production (FCP), vaccination and growth promoter expenses per kg live broiler production (VGCP) were calculated.

Source of Information: Journal of Bioscience and Agriculture Research Vol. 02(01): 44-51, 2014, Online ISSN 2312-7945

Article Link (Online Journal): http://www.journalbinet.com/uploads/2/1/0/0/21005390/prospect_and_challenges_in_broiler_farming_of_barguna_district_in_bangladesh.pdf

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Achievement/Findings:

Broiler farming has bright prospects in generating employment in Barguna district of the manpower with secondary level education and without training and having less experience. As several poultry hatcheries and feed companies are supplying chicks and feeds, farmers have opportunity to collect feed and chick with competitive market price but as the farmers are collecting chicks and feed from dealer, dealers might be taking opportunity instead farmers. Procuring feed in credit from dealer might be indicating the financial weakness of farmers and this might be making them dependable on dealer. Bank loan with lower rate of interest might be helpful for the broiler farmers to run their enterprise without dependency on dealers. Day old chicks price and live broiler marketing suggested that selling live broiler at high price and buying day old chick at low price make the farm operation profitable. The study revealed that higher feed price and day old chicks and live broiler market instability were the major challenges in broiler farming in Barguna district of Bangladesh.

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