Pattern of Managerial Practices followed in Organised and Un-organgised Poultry Production System in Rajouri District of Jammu & Kashmir State

India is the fifth largest producer of eggs and ninth largest producer of poultry meat in the world. Poultry farming has become a remunerative business as there is huge demand of poutry product. In recent years, backyard poultry production has been extremely emphasised in sustaining and enhancing rural livelihoods. In this farming, birds are kept in low-input and low-output system and can easily be managed by women and children of the households. The present study was carried out in five blocks namely Nowshera, Sunderban, Rajouri, Darhal and Thanamandi of Rajouri district of J&K State. Twelve poultry farms each from organised and unorganised system of poultry production were selected randomly from selected blocks and thus form a sample of total of 120 respondents. The study showed that 95 percent of the respondents in organized system were practicing semi-intensive system of poultry farming where as only 3 percent were practicing intensive systems of poultry farming, 100 percent were rearing broiler and they provide separate houses, 100 percent of poultry owners in organized system kept birds in Pacca house, upto 0.5 square feet space per chick and 0.8–12 square feet space in case of broiler birds, 95 per cent of the respondents under organized system reported mortality due to outbreak of diseases. Majority 97 percent respondents of unorganized system reported mortality due to the attack of predators and outbreak of disease respectively.