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Subject: Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension Education × Author: CHIDANANDA REDDY × Start date: 2010 × Thesis Type: M.V.Sc. ×
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    ASSESSMENT OF EXTENSION ADVISORY AND INPUT SERVICES IN CONTRACT AND NON CONTRACT BROILER FARMING IN KARNATAKA
    (KARNATAKA VETERINARY, ANIMAL AND FISHERIES SCIENCES UNIVERSITY, BIDAR, 2022) CHIDANANDA REDDY; GOPALA, G. T.
    Poultry Industry is 5,000 years old. Poultry is one of the most important and fastest growing sectors of agriculture today in India. The present study was conducted to know whether the contract and non-contract broiler farmers incur significantly different production and marketing costs and earn different marketing margins. The study was conducted in 3 districts of Karnataka and the data was collected from 60 contract and 60 non-contract broiler farmers through pretested interview schedule. The study revealed that 65 percent are middle aged and 85 percent of contract broiler farmers are male where as 75 percent are middle aged and cent percent of noncontract broiler farmers are male, for 66.67 percent of the contract broiler farmer’s poultry farming is secondary occupation whereas for 60 percent of the non-contract broiler farmers poultry is the primary occupation. Broiler farming is taken up by all social groups of the community. Cent percent of the contract broiler farmers depends on Integrator for the extension advisory services, non-contract broiler farmers depend upon private poultry consultant for extension advisory services. Production cost is Rs 2.71(includes only Labour, litter, electricity and miscellaneous) and sale rate is Rs 89.92 are less in contract broiler farming, where as in non-contract broiler farming production cost is Rs 81.30 and sale rate is Rs 98.92 and net return is Rs 11.47 and Rs 40.41per bird respectively. the returns are assured and almost fixed in contract broiler farming, whereas in non-contract broiler farming they vary widely depending upon the market price, Establishment of regulatory bodies and expansion and strengthening of the EAS is essential for further improvement.