Empowerment of rural families through backyard poultry farming

Abstract

Backyard poultry farming in Hingoli district is a secondary income generation activity for the rural families. The present study was conducted in Hingoli District of Marathwada Region in Maharashtra State during the year 2021-22. The district comprises of 5 blocks namely Hingoli, Kalamnuri, Sengaon, Aundha Nagnath and Vasmat and Kalamnuri. The Kalamnuri block was selected purposively where Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Tondapur has conducted front line demonstration on backyard poultry. The six villages namely Warud, Jamghavhan, Baur, Zunzunwadi, Dongarkada and Waranga were selected randomly. The 5 respondents were selected randomly from each village thus 30 backyard poultry growers were selected. The data was collected using a well-structured interview schedule by covering all dimensions. The data was analyzed by using various statistical tools. The study revealed that 70.00% of respondents belonged to middle age group category, 53.33 per cent has female and 30.00% of respondents undertaken High School (XI to XIIth) and Middle School (V to Xth) level of education, 33.33 are VJNT caste, 93.34% doing cultivation as occupation and same 40.00% of respondents had medium annual income and mass media exposure respectively. The 50.00 percent received 1-2 training in backyard poultry farming and 76.66 & 53.33% of respondent’s utilized income of backyard poultry for agriculture and poultry production. The 53.33 and 26.67% of respondents had medium to high level of empowerment in backyard poultry farming.