ORISSA, INDIA
The Government has decided to promote coloured birds, targeting increased egg production as well as employment generation in the poultry sector.
The Animal Resources Development (ARD) Department has decided to develop hatcheries, exclusively for the coloured birds, on public private partnership (PPP) mode, reports IBN Live. Of the 48 new hatcheries being established in the districts, 36 would be handed over to entrepreneurs for which tenders would be floated soon.
This was decided in the first State-level review meeting of the Animal Husbandry sector presided over by newly appointed Fisheries and ARD Minister, Ramesh Chandra Majhi, on Tuesday (24 May). The Government has completed construction of the hatcheries and incubators are being installed. The hatcheries would produce chicks of varieties like Giriraj, Banaraj, Chhapro, Kalinga Brown, Kroiler and Rose Island Red.
“The coloured bird varieties can not only lay between 150 and 180 eggs a year but also weigh more. So, they would be more acceptable and palatable in terms of meat thus providing a more rewarding employment option for the rural youth,” officials said.
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