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Original Research Articles                      Volume : 6, Issue:4, April, 2017

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Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci.2017.6(4): 466-469
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2017.604.054


Livelihood Security of Poor Families through Pratapdhan Backyard Poultry Rearing in Kota District of Rajasthan
Mahendra Singh*, Mahesh Kumar Poonia, Bheru Lal Kumhar and Gitam Singh
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Borkhera, Kota – 324001 and K.V.K., Tonk, Rajasthan-304022, India
*Corresponding author
Abstract:

The present study was conducted at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kota district of Rajasthan. Choma kot village was selected from the identified on the basis of maximum numbers of beneficiaries under NICRA. Ten farmers from each village were selected randomly, ten of them having Pratapdhan poultry (beneficiaries under NICRA) and rest ten having desi poultry (non-beneficiaries) were selected thus making a sample of 10 respondents. The average age of first egg laying 170 days in Pratapdhan and 185 days in local poultry, the average egg production per poultry per year was recorded 161 in Pratapdhan poultry and 56 in desi poultry. Hence, it is concluded that the performance of beneficiaries respondents (under NICRA i.e. Pratapdhan poultry) was better than non-beneficiaries respondents (under non NICRA i.e. desi poultry).


Keywords: Pratapdhan poultry, Desi poultry, Livelihood security, Poor family.

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Mahendra Singh, Mahesh Kumar Poonia, Bheru Lal Kumhar and Gitam Singh. 2017. Livelihood Security of Poor Families through Pratapdhan Backyard Poultry Rearing in Kota District of Rajasthan.Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 6(4): 466-469. doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2017.604.054
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