A STUDY OF PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF BROILERS IN HANAMKONDA MANDAL OF WARANGAL (Dt.)(A.P.)

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dc.contributor.advisorPRASAD, D.S.
dc.contributor.authorBHASKAR, V.
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-04T09:53:53Z
dc.date.available2018-06-04T09:53:53Z
dc.date.issued1999
dc.description.abstractThe present studywas undertaken inand around Hanamkonda mandal to findoutthefactorswhichinfluenceproductionandmarketingofbroilers. The studywasundertaken through survey method by selecting 40 broiler farms,representingsmall(upto6000birdsperyear)medium(6001-12000birdsper year)andlarge(12001andabovebirdsperyear) The average number ofbroiler birds per farm were 3,735, 9,043.8 and 14,7416insmall,mediumandlargefarmswithanaverageof8,173.12birdsforthe sampleasawhole.Theaveragesizeofthefamilywas4.47forallfarms.50percent ofadultmaleswereengagedinbroilerfarmingwhilefemalesaccountedto33percent children17.5percent.Only5percentwereilliterates,remainingwereeducated'upto primary(27.5%),secondary(42.5%)andcollegelevel(25.0%).Broilerfarmingwas consideredasmainoccupationby55percentofthesampledfarmerswithanaverage landholdingof2,76ac.Majorityofthefarmersstartedthebroilerfarmswiththeir owncapital. Majorityofthefarmersselectedvencobbstrainandindicatedthatthe feedefficiencyasthemostimportantdecisivefactorisselectionofastrain.Lessthan 1/4 oftherespondents indicated mortalityasadecisive factorinthe selection of broiler strain followed by timely availabilityofthe strain and price ofthe strain. Majorityofthefarmersadoptedall-in—alI—outsystemoffarmingfollowedbymonthly andfortnightlyrotation. CapitalinvestmentperbirdwasRs.6.15andisdirectlyrelatedtothesizeofthefarm.Productioncostsperbirdwasinverselyrelatedtosizeofthefarm.Feed constitutedthemostimportantiteminproductionfollowedbychickcost.TheFeed EfficiencyRatio, PerformanceEfficiencyFactoraredirectly relatedto farm size. Grossreturns,netreturns,input-outputratioalsoindicatedadirectrelationshipwith farmsize. Theregressionanalysisrevealedthatfeedcostand flocksizewerethemostin fluencingfactorsindecidingtheprofitabilityofthebroilerfarming. Benefitcost ratioincreasedwiththesizeofthefarm. Marketed surplusalsoshowed adirect relationshipwithfarmsize.Themaximumshareofmarketedsurpluswasdisposedoff throughwholesalers.Itwasfoundthatinthethirdchannel(P-C),theproducersshare inconsumer'srupeewasthehighestfollowedbyProducer-Retail—Consumer(P—R-C) andProducer—Wholesaler—Retailer—Consumerchannel(P—W—R—C). Fromthestudyitwasfoundthattheforemostproductionprobleminbroilerfarming waspoorqualityofthechickswithhighmortalityratefollowedbyfeedandcostofchicks. Lackoforganisedmarketing, delayinliftingofbirdsbythewholesalersorretailersweretheimportantproblemsinthemarketingofbroilers.Thereisneedfor greater integration ofbroiler industry with active government participation by providingsubsidiesonfeed,feedingredientsetc.resultinginawiderchoiceofinput utilisationandtherebyresultinginrapiddevelopmentandexpansionofbroilerfarm industry.en_US
dc.identifier.citationD5717en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810048963
dc.keywordsA STUDY OF PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF BROILERS IN HANAMKONDA MANDAL OF WARANGAL (Dt.)(A.P.)en_US
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dc.publisherProfessor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural Universityen_US
dc.subAgricultural Economicsen_US
dc.subjectnullen_US
dc.themeAgricultural Economicsen_US
dc.these.typeM.Scen_US
dc.titleA STUDY OF PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF BROILERS IN HANAMKONDA MANDAL OF WARANGAL (Dt.)(A.P.)en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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