Involvement of Tribal Women and Children in Traditional Poultry Rearing Practices in Pali District of Rajasthan

Author: Pankaj Lavania, M.P. Verma, L.K. Jain and Rashmi Bhinda

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Abstract

Poultry farming is one of the subsidiaries for economic and social up liftment in agriculture sector. Rural poultry farming using native breeds is being practiced in many developing and underdeveloped countries throughout the world. Importance of native birds for rural economy is immense in different countries. The first priority of today’s rural poultry farmer is not only having birds which lay just more eggs but also having birds which lay eggs. The role of tribal women and their children in the traditional poultry production practices were investigated in Pali district of Rajasthan under Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) scheme sponsored by Division of Education, ICAR, New Delhi. Different aspects were investigated nature and extent of involvement of family members in different activities of poultry rearing in terms of operations. Findings of present study concluded that participation of tribal women is comparatively more in housing, feeding, watering, health care, and hatching of chicks which were contributed to a larger extent in increasing the household income of the family. The income was generated from backyard poultry rearing was utilised for household celebrations, recreation purpose, as a gift to relatives and also to extend the poultry flock production depending upon the felt needs. From this study, it can be concluded that the back yard poultry production with full participation of tribal women helped in empowering women’s of tribal communities in Pali district of Rajasthan. The Government is making concerted efforts to create an ecosystem to support their hard work so that the farmers get optimum returns on a sustainable basis. It would go a long way encourage farmer across India to follow the recommended practices and enhance their income. Thus, paving a way of sustainable poultry production for doubling of farmer’s income in arid eco system. The article portrays the need for providing capacity building and extension programme to tribal households, which can go long way in making backyard poultry as a tool for rural upliftment.

Keywords

Backyard, Involvement, Poultry, Economic venture, Management practices

Conclusion

Backyard poultry production is being recognized as important component of socio economic development among the tribal community of rural society is not only meets the nutritional security but also economic venture for resource poor farm families in terms of livelihood and economic security and help in checking the people migration to urban/semi-urban areas. So, animal husbandry including, poultry production is considered to be an effective tool to combat poverty. Even though, it is a secondary occupation, the statistics of this region reflects the production and productivity is comparatively below to its maximum production potential. In order to bring a change in their poultry farming practices through various initiatives including, innovations, interventions, technologies, training and front line demonstration focused towards tribal households brought some improvement but still there are considerable gaps for improvement.

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Pankaj Lavania, M.P. Verma, L.K. Jain and Rashmi Bhinda (2023). Involvement of Tribal Women and Children in Traditional Poultry Rearing Practices in Pali District of Rajasthan. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 15(3): 01-05.