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International Conference on Reimagining Rainfed Agro-ecosystems: Challenges &
Opportunities during 22-24, December 2022 at ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad
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T6-12P-1018
A Summative Evaluation of Technological Interventions in Poultry
Farming
Prabhat Kumar Pankaj, G. Nirmala, K. Ravi Shankar, V.K. Singh and A. Dinesh
ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad-500059, Telangana, India
Poultry farming is an important source of livelihood for landless and marginal farmers in the
rural area of the country. The backyard poultry farming with improved poultry varieties is a
potential tool to alleviate poverty, eradicate malnutrition, generate subsidiary income, empower
women, and provide gainful employment in rural areas of the country (Rajkumar et al., 2021).
Women manage most of the activities under backyard system like feeding, watering, cleaning,
and selling of chickens, and eggs which lead to their empowerment (Pankaj et al., 2019). The
present investigation was carried out to study the impact of improved Srinidhi variety of chicks,
advisory services, input support and technological interventions on productivity of poultry
birds and income of farmers in adopted villages of Pudurmandal, Vikarabaddistrict of
Telangana.
Methodology
The present study was conducted in five villages, viz., Gangupally, Medikonda, Pudugurthy,
Rakamcherla and Devenoniguda in Pudur Mandal, Vikarabad under ‘Farmers FIRST’ project
from September, 2018 to October, 2021. Technological interventions were provided in first
three villages and latter two villages acted as control group (Devenoniguda and Rakamcherla).
Farmers were provided constant advisory services, input support and technological (improved
variety as Srinidhi, health, nutrition and management) interventions in treatment group and no
inputs were provided in the control group. Summative evaluation was conducted after one to
three years of interventions. Baseline information on six attributes of socio-economic profile
like age, education, land holding, flock strength, experience in poultry farming and formal
training in poultry farming were collected through semi-structured interview schedule in the
first year before the start of intervention. The data were analyzed by Chi-square, paired and
independent t-tests. The logical framework model approach with elements like supply side
(inputs, activities, outputs) and results side (outcomes and final outcomes) were used to finalize
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