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ThesisItem Open Access POULTRY FARMING (LAYERS) IN CHITTOOR DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH – A BUSINESS ANALYSIS(ACHARYA N.G. RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, 2012) SOUMYA, P; PRATHAPA REDDY, BThe present study entitled ‘Poultry farming (layers) in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh – A business analysis’ was undertaken to study the costs and returns, allocative efficiency and marketing of eggs. The study covered two mandals and ten villages with 60 poultry farmers. The sample poultry farms were stratified into small, medium and large. Data pertaining to the agricultural year 2010-2012 were collected through survey method with the help of pretested schedules. Conventional, break-even, functional and financial analyses were employed to attain the set objectives. The cost of production of eggs in layer farming per cycle was `2,77,87,200 per farm and `672 per layer for the sample as a whole. Among the three size groups, the total cost of production per farm was highest on large farms compared to medium and small farms indicating direct relationship with the farm size, while the same per layer decreased with increase in farm size. The cost of producing 100 eggs exhibited inverse relationship with the farm size as it was `260.91 on small farms, `234.55 on medium farms and `212.67 on large farms. The gross income per 100 layers ranged from `76,214.22 on small farms to `81,888.12 on large farms. The net income increased from `1,071.22 on small farms to `15,747.12 on large farms. The break-even analysis indicated that the break-even output per layer was 222, 82, 50 eggs compared to the average output of 288, 303 and 311 eggs on small, medium and large farms respectively. The MVP to MFC ratios were more than unity for chicks and medicines on small farms and for medicines on large and pooled farms, indicating their under use in the production of eggs. The financial analysis revealed that NPV was positive and B-C Ratio more than unity at all discount rates of 12, 16, 20 and 24 per cent for all the three size groups of layer farms viz., small, medium and large . IRR was found to be 88.45, 73.93 and 59.42 per cent for above size groups of layer farms respectively. It implies that small, medium and large layer farms are economically viable. The layer farmers were getting a higher share of consumer’s rupee in channel III compared to other marketing channels for eggs