Investigations on technological gap in small scale rural poultry farming

Data were collected from 100 small poultry farmers from Uttar Pradesh State of India to enumerate the technological gap and technologies practiced. The data reveals that medium level of technological gap existed with regard to management practices. However, there was low technological gap in feeding and high technological gap in health practices being followed by the respondents. All the recommended scientific package of practices were also not being followed by the respondents. Therefore, there is need for extension intervention at the grass-root level. The importance of adoption of scientific poultry rearing for commercial stocks needs to be propagated among the ignorant masses to get better productivity and income.