Enterprise: Poultry Farming
Profile of the Youth: Areni Shitiri studied up to class 12; she got in touch with livestock farming from a very young age, since her father was a veterinary field assistant in the state department. Being married in a very young age, she couldn’t complete her studies. She and her husband were unemployed. So, they started a small veterinary pharmacy in Wokha town with the help of her father. Then, in 2015, they purchased a small stock of poultry birds and started rearing under backyard system. Their monthly income hardly attained Rs 6000 to 7000. But after the implementation of the project she has been earning around Rs 11,500 monthly from poultry farming alone.
KVK Intervention: In the mid-year of 2017, both of them were trained in scientific poultry farming under Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture (ARYA) project.
Input/ Support provided: After necessary training, some critical inputs were provide to them on March 2017.
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Sl. No. |
Input provided under ARYA project |
Amount (Rs) |
|
1 |
Construction materials for low cost poultry housing (900 ft² size) |
Rs 25,000 |
|
2 |
Vanaraja chicks 500 nos. |
Rs 15,000 (Rs 30/chick) |
|
3 |
Feeds (200kg) |
Rs 5,800 (Rs 29/kg) |
|
4 |
Miscellaneous (Medicines, vaccine, mineral mix etc) |
Rs 5,000 |
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Total |
Rs 50,800 |
|
Output & Outcome: Areni established a poultry farm initially with a capacity of 500 dual purpose vanaraja poultry birds in the year 2017 under ARYA project. It was found that vanaraja birds were performed very well in terms of meat and egg production. Body weight gain of birds was 2-3 kg at the age of 2-4 months. The birds were started laying eggs at the age of 5-6 months and produced 130-160 nos. of eggs annually. During 2017-18, she generated an income of Rs 2, 40,000 from selling of 800 kg of live adult bird @ Rs 300/ kg, Rs 13,500 from 45 sets of egg @ Rs 300/ set and Rs 3,000 from farm manure and gunny bag. Then in 2018-19, she increased her stock which enabled her to earn more income i.e., Rs 2,85,000 from selling of 950 kg of live adult bird and Rs 9,000 from selling of 30 sets of eggs @ Rs 300/ set. Her income from farm manure and gunny bag was also increased to Rs 5,550.
The income and expenditure statements of poultry farm are shown below in the table-
A.INCOME STATEMENT
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Year |
Particulars |
Qty./ Nos./Times |
Amount (₹) |
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2017-18 |
Live bird sold (Adult) from 3 batch |
800 kg (Rs 300/kg) |
Rs 2,40,000 |
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Egg sold |
45 sets(Rs 300/set) |
Rs 13,500 |
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Sale of farm yard manure (FYM) |
50 kg(Rs 150/10 kg) |
Rs 750 |
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Sale of Gunny bag |
150 nos.( Rs 15/ gunny bag) |
Rs 2,250 |
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|
2018-19 |
Live bird sold (Adult) from 3 batch |
950 kg (Rs 300/kg) |
Rs 2,85,000 |
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Egg sold |
30 sets(Rs 300/set) |
Rs 9,000 |
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Sale of farm yard manure (FYM) |
200 kg (Rs 150/ 10 kg) |
Rs 3,000 |
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Sale of Gunny bag |
150 nos. (Rs 15/gunny bag) |
Rs 2,250 |
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Total Income |
Rs 5,55,750 |
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B. EXPENDITURE STATEMENT |
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2017-18 |
Input supported under ARYA project
depreciation annually)
mineral mixture, etc.) |
First year - - |
Rs 8,333
Rs 15,000 Rs 5,800 Rs 5,000 |
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Feed cost for 3 batches (Rs 35/kg of computed feeds) |
1500 kg
|
Rs 52,500 |
|||
|
Miscellaneous (Medicines, vaccines, mineral mix., etc.) |
- |
Rs 10,000 |
|||
|
Beneficiary contribution in housing |
- |
Rs 15,000 |
|||
|
Chicks cost (Rs 30/chicks) |
800 |
Rs 24,000 |
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Others (Transportation, electricity, etc.) |
_ |
Rs 10,000 |
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|
2018-19 |
Cost of construction of low cost poultry housing (considering 33.33% depreciation annually) |
Second year |
Rs 8,333
|
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Feed cost for 3 batch (Rs 36/kg of computed feeds) |
2000 kg
|
Rs 72,000 |
|||
|
Miscellaneous (Medicines, mineral mix., etc.) |
- |
Rs 10,000 |
|||
|
Chicks cost (Rs 30/chicks) |
1000 nos. |
Rs 30,000 |
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Others (Transportation, electricity, etc.) |
_ |
Rs 10,000 |
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|
Total Expenditure (Rs 2017-2019) |
Rs 2,75,966 |
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Marketing: She has a direct market linkage with the Theological College in Vankhosung, where the college authority purchased live adult chick and eggs in bulk from her every week for the college students.
Impact: It has generated employment opportunity for round the year. Due to its resemblance with the local hen, and its ability to be reared under backyard farming, people have started to take more interest in the vanaraja breed of poultry for farming. Horizontal expansion of poultry farming is also witnessed within and outside the villages.
Article contributed by Dr Santosh Kr Baishya, Dr H Moaakum and Dr Zuchamo Tongoe, ICAR-KVK, Wokha
