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Livestock: Proposals to Upscale the Rural Backyard Poultry Development

The State Governments especially Andhra Pradesh and Bihar are asked by the Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare to come up with proposals wherein they may like to upscale the Rural Backyard Poultry Development program under NLM with 150 birds distribution to be done in a focussed manner in 5-6 contiguous villages/ cluster in one block of one district of the State The Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries will focus more towards entrepreneurial activity in poultry sector.

In a meeting convened on 11th August 2016 to discuss Poultry Development Schemes under the Chairmanship of Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries (DADF), Shri Devendra Chaudhry in New Delhi, these steps have been discussed.

Discussion topic of the meeting are the present status of schemes being implemented by DADF, Poultry development schemes implemented by selected States for the small and marginal farmers and look forward to sustainable projects for them.

For commercial broilers, PFI, AIPBA, NECC may consider making proposals with SHGs/ Cooperatives and Farmers’ Producers’ Organization to be submitted to NABARD and NCDC for direct funding under their respective schemes. Since it was decided that commercial broilers may also be considered in rural areas.

The meeting was attended by States like Bihar, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. Under National Livestock Mission these states are implementing both Rural Backyard Poultry Development (RBPD) and Entrepreneurship Development and Employment Generation- Poultry Venture Capital Fund (EDEG-PVCF) programs.

They were also discussed on convergence with NCDC (Funding for Poultry Cooperatives) and NABARD schemes (Producers Organization Development Fund and Rural Infrastructure Development Funds).

Director, RKVY is also invited to give valuable inputs on a focussed approach. NGO PRADAN and JEEViKA Society (NRLM), Bihar shared their experiences with various models ranging from desi birds, low-input technology birds and broilers in a cooperative / Self-Help Group set-up.

Views of private sector participants from Poultry Federation of India (PFI), National Egg Coordination Committee (NECC) and All India Poultry Breeders’ Association (AIPBA) were also taken.

Source:http://pib.nic.in/