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Study on Different Types of Farming Practices Adopted by Poultry Farmers in North 24 Parganas District of West Bengal
Volume 9 | Issue 3 | December 2023
AUTHOR(S)
Debasish Saha, Prabhakar Biswas

ABSTRACT

The study was conducted in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, India. Two blocks were purposively selected from the district having a high poultry population from the two zones (i.e. non-saline and saline zones). From each zone, two clusters with three villages each, based on proximity were selected randomly on a proportionate basis to form a total sample size of 150 respondents. A structured interview schedule was prepared, pretested, and administered personally for data collection. Data were computed and analyzed statistically. It was observed that the poultry rearing practices in the backyard system were done mostly in a small kaccha house under the scavenging system with little supplementary feed. In the semi-intensive and intensive system scientific poultry rearing practices including housing and feeding were followed. The productivity of birds was found to be higher in the intensive system as compared to the semi-intensive and backyard systems. Most respondents received training about poultry farming in intensive broiler farming, whereas most of the respondents used scientific housing arrangements in their farm in intensive and semi-intensive poultry rearing.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.62418/ijvph.9.3.2023.64-69
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Citation: Saha D, Biswas P. Study on Different Types of Farming Practices Adopted by Poultry Farmers in North 24 Parganas District of West Bengal. Indian Journal of Veterinary Public Health. 2023; 9(3): 64-69.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.62418/ijvph.9.3.2023.64-69