1Division of Agril. Econ, ABM & Stats., Faculty of Agriculture, SKUAST-Jammu, India
2SMS, Agril. Economics, Krishi Vigyan Kendra Poonch, SKUAST-Jammu, India
Department of Agricultural Economics, Division of Agricultural Economics & Statistics, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology (SKUAST-J), Jammu-18009, (J&K), India
Online published on 16 September, 2015.
A study has been conducted to observe the management practices adopted by broiler growers in Jammu district of Jammu & Kashmir state in the year 2014. The growers were categorized into three groups on the basis of number of birds namely; growers with less than 500 birds, 501–1000 birds and more than 1000 birds. The data from 60 growers were collected by selecting randomly 20 growers from each category. The socio-economic and management characteristics of broiler farms have been studied for each category which include family composition, educational status, occupational status, investment pattern, distance from input and output markets, training and experience of growers, system of housing, feeding, water, power etc. and the marketing channels adopted for sale of broilers.
Management, broiler farms, investment, marketing channel
