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The Satpuda - Replicas of Native Chicken in Rural Poultry Production

by ruchita last modified May 04, 2016 11:49 AM
The Satpuda - Replicas of Native Chicken in Rural Poultry Production

This initiative has benefitted over 40,000 rural households in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, and has provided a means of complementary livelihood to marginal farmers, and in particular women farmers.
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Making Modern Poultry Markets Work for the Poor - An example of Cooperative Development from Madhya Pradesh, India

by ruchita last modified May 04, 2016 11:49 AM
Making Modern Poultry Markets Work for the Poor - An example of Cooperative Development from Madhya Pradesh, India

This note documents the processes adopted by the women poultry rearers to break market entry barriers and become a viable and sustainable enterprise.
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Combating Bird Flu through Bio-security Measures at Farm and Community Levels – Evidence from Bangladesh

by ruchita last modified May 04, 2016 11:49 AM
Combating Bird Flu through Bio-security Measures at Farm and Community Levels – Evidence from Bangladesh

This Potential Good Practice Note highlights the measures jointly initiated by government and non-government organizations to address the problem. Bio-security measures (BSM), tailored to various categories of fe/male poultry farmers were put in place to help prevent and control future outbreaks of avian influenza as well as other poultry diseases.
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Government-Led Integrated Approach for Delivery of Services to Smallholder Poultry Farmers

by ruchita last modified May 04, 2016 11:49 AM
Government-Led Integrated Approach for Delivery of Services to Smallholder Poultry Farmers

This Good Practice note documents the work of the Bastar Integrated Livestock Development Programme (BILDP), and demonstrates how simple cost effective interventions such as low cost protein rich feeding, de-worming, vaccination, low cost housing, egg-candling, use of bamboo for poultry feeders and waterers, have strengthened household poultry production systems of tribal farmers in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh in India.
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Mitigating Diseases and Saving Valuable Assets - Poultry Vaccinators Delivering Services to the Doorstep of the Poorest in Bangladesh

by ruchita last modified May 04, 2016 11:49 AM
Mitigating Diseases and Saving Valuable Assets - Poultry Vaccinators Delivering Services to the Doorstep of the Poorest in Bangladesh

This Good Practice note highlights how an innovative government – civil society collaborative initiative succeeded in developing a sustainable livestock health delivery system in each district of Bangladesh.
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Sustainable Livelihoods for the Rural Poor through Small Scale Poultry Rearing

by ruchita last modified May 04, 2016 11:49 AM
Sustainable Livelihoods for the Rural Poor through Small Scale Poultry Rearing

This Good Practice note reviews the BRAC-DLS Poultry Model and illustrates how smallholder poultry production can help in income generation and empowerment of women while mitigating malnutrition, unemployment and poverty.
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Lighting up Lives - Biogas from Poultry Litter as a Sustainable Energy Resource

by ruchita last modified May 04, 2016 11:49 AM
Lighting up Lives - Biogas from Poultry Litter as a Sustainable Energy Resource

This Potential Good Practice showcases the joint effort of communities, NGOs and government agencies to set up and run eco-friendly biogas plants that, by making use of available poultry litter, provide a low-cost source of energy to rural households with positive economic, environmental and health returns.
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Reviving the Indigenous Poultry Breed, Kadaknath - Enhancing livelihoods of tribals through niche market opportunities

by ruchita last modified May 04, 2016 11:49 AM
Reviving the Indigenous Poultry Breed, Kadaknath - Enhancing livelihoods of tribals through niche market opportunities

This potential Good Practice note describes a government initiative to introduce and promote the rearing of the Kadaknath poultry breed, an indigenous breed of Western Madhya Pradesh.
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Backyard Poultry Farming Through Self-Help Groups in West Bengal - Towards Good Livestock Policies

by ruchita last modified May 04, 2016 11:49 AM
Backyard Poultry Farming Through Self-Help Groups in West Bengal - Towards Good Livestock Policies

The note documents one of the Family-based Poultry Distribution Schemes of the Government of West Bengal under which poultry birds are distributed to poor rural households throughout the State.
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Linking Business with Pro-Poor Development - a Backyard Poultry Value Chain Increases Assets, Income and Nutrition

by ruchita last modified May 04, 2016 11:49 AM
Linking Business with Pro-Poor Development - a Backyard Poultry Value Chain Increases Assets, Income and Nutrition

This Good Practice note showcases a successful private sector - community partnership where vulnerable families in West Bengal have been linked with a rural poultry value chain that delivers three week old chicks to rearer's doorsteps.
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