Technological interventions for impact assessment on backyard Vanaraja poultry farming in two districts of Arunachal Pradesh, India

Optimum productive performance of Vanaraja poultry under improved technologies in backyard system of rearing was studied from August, 2022 to September, 2023. For this study, a total of 120 farmers with minimum two years of experience for rearing poultry were selected at random from 12 villages in the West Siang and Leparada districts of Arunachal Pradesh, India. The strength, weakness, opportunity and threats (SWOT) analysis revealed backyard poultry farming can always be a source for livelihood improvement for the rural farmers. After technologies demonstrated through FLD, 96.67% farmers adopted scientific housing with a gain of 3400±2.62g adult cock's body weight, whereas in TFP it was recorded as 2650±1.54g. The avg. age of laying first egg under FLD was found to be 24.40±0.32 weeks with a 140.04±1.25 numbers of egg production annually, whereas in case of TFPit was 25.44±0.54 weeks and 112.26±2.10 numbers. The overall mortality percentage of birds after 52 weeks of age was recorded as 6.18±0.14 in FLD whereas in TFP it was 19.47±0.25. The results showed that the former yielded much higher profits than the latter due to enhanced rearing practices.