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Subject: Poultry Science × Author: Neha Parveen × End date: 2018 × Start date: 2018 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    A study on socio-economic profile of broiler farmers in foothills of Kumaon region of Uttarakhand
    (G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263145 (Uttarakhand), 2018-06) Neha Parveen; Shive Kumar
    The present study was carried out on 120 randomly selected broiler farms in foothills of Kumaon region, Uttarakhand. Socio-economic profile of the farmers was evaluated by dividing their socio-economic characteristics into different categories and cost and returns were estimated only in 45 farms, considering flock size and education as factor. Both flock size and education status were classified into three categories. Farmers were interviewed personally by using well-prepared questionnaire to analyze the effect of socio-economic factors on communication source and to identify various problems faced in broiler farming and suggestions given by the farmers to overcome those problems. Majority of the farmers were young, male, non-vegetarian, untrained, marginal and Hindu, preferred chicken meat and had no taboos in adopting broiler farming. More than half of the broiler farmers practiced broiler farming as a subsidiary occupation and had large flock size. According to flock size average total fixed cost per broiler was Rs. 4.01, total variable cost Rs. 147.13, total cost Rs. 151.15, gross returns Rs.181.83, net returns Rs. 30.69 and BCR was 1.20. According to education average total fixed cost per broiler was Rs. 4.33, total variable cost Rs. 146.81, total cost Rs. 151.13, gross returns Rs.181.79, net returns Rs. 30.66 and BCR was 1.20. The major items of total variable costs were feed followed by day old chicks. It revealed that flock size and education had significant effect on all the components of cost and returns except in case of interest on variable cost, flock size had no significant effect. Based on benefit-cost ratio, investment on broiler farms found most profitable on the large sized farms and on the farms of highly educated farmers. Flock size, land holding and experience had no significant effect on communication source for adopting broiler farming except education, which means education played major role in getting communication from different sources. High feed cost followed by high cost of day old chicks and more fluctuation in price followed by less organized marketing system were major problems at production and marketing level, respectively. Most of the farmers suggested that feed and day old chicks should be provided at subsidized rates and well-organized marketing system should be available in broiler farming.