Book of Extended summaries ISDA

International Conference on Reimagining Rainfed Agro-ecosystems: Challenges &
Opportunities during 22-24, December 2022 at ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad
the evaluation of intervention on different indicators.
Results
The baseline data showed that all the socio-economic attributes were similar in both the groups
of poultry farmers. Majority of the farmers were illiterate and landless in both the groups.
During the study period, poultry population in the treatment group increased by 44.64% as
compared to 3.73% in control group (Table 1). The net increase in population was 40.95% from
the control with a significant increase (38.49%) in flock size/household in treatment villages.
There was significant improvement in all productive and reproductive traits in treatment group
compared to the control (Table 1). Net impact on number of eggs in 52 weeks, egg weight at
52 nd week, body weight at 52 nd week, age at first laying, mortality at 0-5 week were improved
by 7.02, 14.70, 19.44, 9.61, 6.20%, respectively.
Impact of interventions on flock size and different production traits of poultry
Characters Control (n=50) Treated (n=50) (F- Impact
Base line
(A)
End line
(B)
(C=B-
A)
Base line
(D)
End line
(E)
(F=
E-D)
C) (%)
Total poultry (no.) 562 583 21 569 823 254 233 40.95
Mean flock size/ HH
(no.)
No. of eggs in 52
weeks
Egg weight at 52 nd
week
Body Weight (g) at
52 nd week
Age at first laying
(days)
11.24±1.41 11.66±1.0 0.42 11.38±1.2 16.46±1.4 4.8 ** 4.38 38.49
34.5±2.14 37.6±2.35 3.1 * 35.6±2.23 41.2±2.26 5.6 ** 2.5 7.02
37.6±2.11 40.1±3.14 2.5 38.1±3.17 46.2±3.19 8.1 ** 5.6 14.70
1456±52 1974±61 518 * 1512±51 2324±63 812 ** 294 19.44
215.2±3.2 213.2±2.6 -2.0 218.6±4.1 195.6±2.1 -23 ** -21 9.61
Mortality at 0-5 week 20.3 19.6 -0.7 19.5 12.6 -6.9 -6.2 6.20
*
Significant (p