poultry farms by state

poultry farms by state

The state government has introduced a new scheme to support small scale poultry farming, where cash and free equipment will be provided to farmers as benefits. The scheme's objective is to encourage poultry farming amongst farmers to generate supplementary income.

Under the scheme, a beneficiary that rears a minimum of 100 birds will be entitled to a cash subsidy of 1,500. Every beneficiary will be provided with a cage unit worth 12,000.The cage unit supplied will accommodate 100 adult birds and have the facility of egg catcher, manual feeders and waterers.

The aim of the scheme is to enable farmers to get fresh chicken/eggs at any time and to provide the choice of rearing broilers and layers. By adopting poultry farming, farmers can get supplementary income and a nutritive diet without engaging additional labour.

"Since the last five years, Goa has witnessed a drastic reduction in the number of poultry farms and 90% of local small scale poultry farmers were compelled to close down. The government is, therefore, offering encouragement in the form of cash subsidy to boost and supplement agricultural income of the farmers. This scheme will indirectly generate organic manure needed by the agriculture farmers," the scheme states.

The scheme is open to any individual who is a bonafide resident of Goa and rears poultry birds (broilers/layers) within the state. Farmers availing the scheme will have to undergo a one-day poultry farmer's training by the state government.

Poultry farmers can purchase day old chicks (broiler/layer) or grown up pullets. The birds should be available for inspection by the departmental representative on demand.

"There is a very high demand of poultry meat and eggs in Goa since they are highly nutritious and socially accepted by major sections of the society. Goa had 800-900 poultry farms and thus providing a lot of employment and livelihood to many small scale farmers. The state was almost self-sufficient in its poultry needs and in providing organic manure needed for agriculture," the scheme states.

It further states, "In recent times Goa's small scale poultry farmers could not sustain the competition from poultry farmers of neighbouring states that sell poultry products at lower rates. Goa's poultry farmers face high input cost of poultry feed and labour which is a major share in production cost in comparison to neighbouring states and cannot withstand the competition."

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