1Division of Agricultural Economics & ABM, SKUAST-Jammu, J&K, India
2Directorate of Extension, SKUAST-Jammu, J&K, India
3Advance Centre for Horticulture Research ACHR, SKUAST-Jammu, J&K, India
*Corresponding author: S Dwivedi; E-mail: dwivedi.sudhakar@gmail.com
Online published on 27 May, 2021.
The present paper entitled “A Study of Income and Investment Pattern of Broiler Production Units” was carried out on the basis of primary data collected through pre-tested schedule-cum-questionnaire with personal interview method. For purpose of the study, three groups of broilers units were selected purposely and classified as per bird size. Group I included birds below 2000 in numbers, group II included birds 2001–5000 in numbers and group III included birds 5001 & above in numbers. 15 broiler units were selected from each group, thus a total of 45 broiler units were studied. Kathua district of Jammu Kashmir Union Territory was selected purposively as the district has highest numbers of broiler production units. The cost of production includes variable cost and fixed cost, on first group broiler farms per lot cost of broiler production comes to ` 147112.45 for 1486.66 birds, on second group ` 367243.52 for 3666.66 birds and ` 959446.94 for 9466.66 birds respectively. The benefit-cost ratio per farm/lot observed highest on third group farms i.e. 1: 52 followed by 1: 35 on second group, 1: 17 on third group, while it is 1: 44 on overall on sampled farms.
HIGHLIGHTS
Financial analysis of broiler production units was done in Union Territory of Jammu Kashmir.
The number of chicks in broiler units ranged between 2000 and 6000.
The benefit-cost ratio per farm-per lot was 1: 44.
Broiler units, Income, Production, Benefit-cost ratio
