Identification of Constraints in Poultry Farming in Reasi District of Jammu and Kashmir, India
Banarsi Lal *
KVK, Reasi, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST-J), India.
M. S. Azad
KVK, Reasi, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST-J), India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Poultry farming plays an important role in the livelihood for the farmers of hilly areas of Jammu & Kashmir. The hilly area farmers face a lot of constraints in poultry farming which affect their poultry birds productivity. Poultry farming is an important occupation in Reasi district of J&K. To identify the constraints involved in poultry farming by the farmers residing in hilly areas, the present study was conducted in the hilly district Reasi of Jammu and Kashmir which was selected purposively. A sample of 120 poultry farmers was selected from the selected villages. The major constraints identified were lack of lack of poultry feed in some months of the year, high disease incidence and a lack of improved strains of poultry. The majority of poultry farmers opined that there is a need to encourage the farmers to grow Azolla specially in off-season, a need of subsidy of poultry feed, awareness-cum training on poultry farming and market channel for the sale of products(eggs and meat) for better remunerative prices for the meat and eggs.
Keywords: Poultry, poultry health, hilly areas, constraints