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Artificial incubation in family poultry farming systems in Brazil: technical feasibility and incubation performance [PDF]
Poultry ScienceFamily poultry farming plays an important role in food security and income generation in rural Brazil; however, chick production in these systems still relies predominantly on natural incubation, which limits productivity and flock renewal.
Kimberly Cristina Abreu Alves +11 more
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Family Poultry Farming in Sri Lanka: An Integral Component of Protein Security, Poverty Alleviation and Public Health [PDF]
Veterinary Medicine and ScienceFamily poultry farming plays a crucial role in ensuring protein availability and household income, particularly in low‐income families. This study investigates the knowledge, attitudes and practices of family poultry farmers regarding poultry diseases ...
Umayangana Pujani Gunasekara +4 more
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Women and family poultry production in rural Africa
Development in Practice, 2000 Poultry production has existed for many generations in Africa and almost every village household keeps chickens. The rural family poultry (RFP) are generally raised in free-range and/or backyard systems which are traditional extensive husbandry systems.
Fallou Gueye, El Hadji
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Rethinking avian influenza control: a systems-oriented One Health perspective for family poultry [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceEarly detection and control of high- and low-pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI, LPAI) in family poultry flocks remain challenging in settings where mortality from enzootic diseases such as Newcastle disease (ND) and infectious bursal disease (IBD) is ...
Robyn Alders +3 more
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Livelihood improvement through family poultry farming in Mymensingh district [PDF]
Journal of the Bangladesh Agricultural University, 2016 The present study was done to examine the employment and income generation of small farmers through family poultry. The objectives of the study were to identify socio economic features of family poultry, to examine the impact of family poultry on household improvement, to determine cost, return and profitability of family poultry, to identify the ...
Kabir, M. S. +2 more
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TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF FAMILY POULTRY PRODUCTION IN NIGER-DELTA, NIGERIA [PDF]
Journal of Central European Agriculture, 2006 This study assessed the technical effi ciency of family poultry production in Niger- Delta, Nigeria. The technical efficiency estimate shows that the technical effi ciency of family poultry ranges between 0.09 and 0.63, with mean of 0.22.
R ALABI, M ARUNA
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ECONOMETRIC DETERMINATION OF CONTRIBUTION OF FAMILY POULTRY TO WOMEN’S INCOME IN NIGER-DELTA, NIGERIA [PDF]
Journal of Central European Agriculture, 2007 This study shows that family poultry husbandry, business activities and paid employment contribute 35%, 30% and 18% respectively to the household income of women in Niger Delta, Nigeria.
R ALABI, A Esobhawan, M ARUNA
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Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, 2023 The diets of resource-poor farmers in the Atsimo Atsinanana (AA) region of south-eastern Madagascar have limited diversity and are low in animal protein. Although poultry farming is widespread, productivity is low, and consumption of eggs is uncommon. To
Barbara Kurz +2 more
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Current Status of Family Poultry Production in Togo
International Journal of Poultry Science, 2020 Background and Objective: Appropriate poultry development strategies based on sound knowledge of family poultry practices can benefit households substantially by contributing to food security, women’s empowerment and poverty reduction in developing countries. This study was conducted to obtain information on family poultry practices in Togo.
E. Talaki +3 more
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Introduction to village and backyard poultry production
, 2012 Small-scale family poultry farming involving semi-scavenging flocks of mostly indigenous breed poultry in rural regions of many developing countries contributes in a very meaningful way towards the social and financial needs of rural families.
Alders, Robyn G., Pym, Robert A.E.
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