Empowerment of Tribal Women through Desi Chicken Enterprise in Pethanaickenpalayam Block of Salem District in Tamil Nadu

Author: N. Sri Balaji, P. Ravi, D. Jayanthi and V. Sankar

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Abstract

The predominant objective of popularizing desi chicken backyard poultry farming in rural India is to provide better income opportunities to the poor farmers and people from indigenous communities living in remote areas especially in hilly area. Desi Chicken enterprise is a beneficial enterprise, ensuring regular income and livelihood of tribal women farmers and also can address the issues of food insecurity and malnutrition. The activities such as basic training and technical guidance to the beneficiaries of the scheme, procurement and supply of inputs such as birds, cages, feed and egg incubator along with power back up were carried out by Veterinary University Training and Research Centre, Salem. A total of 50 tribal women were selected from Sengattuputhur village and formed into 5 common livelihood Groups. Total number of birds alive at the end of one year was 3.04 ± 0.04 out of six birds supplied to each beneficiary. The age (days) at laying first egg was 169.19 ± 0.31. Hatchability (%) of eggs using egg incubator was 80.82 ± 1.21. Monthly additional income per family was INR 928± 31.87. It was concluded that the desi bird rearing is a very beneficial enterprise, ensuring additional regular income and plays the major role in empowering tribal women.

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SBGF, Desi bird enterprise, Pethanaickenpalayam block, Salem

Conclusion

It concluded that the desi bird rearing is a very much beneficial enterprise, ensuring additional regular income and plays the major role in empowering tribal women.

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N. Sri Balaji, P. Ravi, D. Jayanthi and V. Sankar (2023). Empowerment of Tribal Women through Desi Chicken Enterprise in Pethanaickenpalayam Block of Salem District in Tamil Nadu. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 15(4): 06-08.