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 |
A study was conducted on pratapdhan birds under backyard poultry rearing in Bhilwara district of Rajasthan. During the study two block selected in which five villages of each block selected randomly. Ten backyard poultry farmers randomly selected in each village out of 100 respondents. Pratapdhan chicks provided by Krishi Vigyan Kendra under ATMA, Bhilwara for the respondent of economic point of view.20 chicks provided each respondent. Majority of respondents belong to general caste (46 %) Rajput only. Mixed agriculture and animal husbandry are the main occupation of majority (56%) of the poultry rearing. The average body weight at 12 and 20 weeks of age was 1120.32 +34.30 and 1702.28 + 37.30 g in females, respectively and after considering the mortality the average economic gain was found to be Rs. 801.26. It is concluded that pratapdhan chicks is definitely increase family income and nutrition level of rural poor.
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