Poultry farming

Backyard Poultry Farming (BYPF) plays a significant role in rural people's life. Village poultry, in addition to cash income, have nutritional, cultural and social functions. The rural poultry owners had poor knowledge about feeding, breeding and management practice, which led to poor performance of the birds. Therefore, extension programmes in BYPF should commensurate so that the poultry owners become more knowledgeable and skillful about the new technologies as well as the recommended practices and can maximize the productivity and consequently the income. On-farm training of rural poultry owners is also necessary sin order to bring changes in their practices.