Livelihood Security of Poor Families through Poultry Backyard Rearing System in Auraiya District of Uttar Pradesh

The present study was conducted to evaluate the production performance and economics of “CARI PRIYA” poultry in the backyard production system through an On Farm Trial (OFT) by Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Parwaha, Auraiya. Five Farm women who were rearing local breed were selected from villages i.e. Parwaha, Kutubpur, Fateh Singh ka Purwa, Bhagyanagar, and Auraiya were provided with 20 Chicks (CARI PRIYA) to each farm women and rest five having desi poultry (non-beneficiaries) were selected thus making a sample of 10 respondents. It was found that the CARI PRIYA breed started lying of egg after 140-145d of age regularly whereas local Breed lying after 180d of age at 15-18d intervals. Hence, it was concluded that the performance of CARI PRIYA was better than local colored poultry birds reared by non-beneficiary respondents.