Poultry Breeding And Poverty AlleviationBangladesh Context

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Poultry Breeding And Poverty Alleviation-Banglades
h Context

• Md. Nazrul Islam
• Principle Scientific Officer
• Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute

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Background-Bangladesh

• Bangladesh is one of the densely populated
  countries in the world (850 per sq.km)
• 45 people lives under poverty
• Over 25 million people are in the poorest class
• About 89 percent households rear poultry
• GDP share of poultry sector is 9
• It is a cash income source of rural poor
• Poultry is regarded as a tool of poverty
  reduction
• Commercial layer and broiler production is 38
  million/year

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Poultry programs during 80s
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Diagrammatic Presentation of Bangladesh Poultry
Model
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Next Paradigm
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Estimated gross income from 3 Programmes
Source Riise et al., 2005
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Weakness of the model

• Components are project oriented- not self
  sustainable
• Complex, to many components hence lacking
  coordination and control
• Non viable components like FS and ES and MB
• Limited access to information and experiences
  acquired during implementation of the model

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Technology adoption

• Rigid modalities of technology dissemination
  narrow down adaptation
• Production rate of Sonali failed to justify
  production cost
• More than 70 farmers did not buy feed
• 10-25 credit money invested in poultry rearing
  rest money in off farm activities

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Pertinency of Sonali (RIRxFaoumi) Chicken
Source Rahman et al., 1995 Rahman et al., 1997
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Implementation level

• Project management DLS (Directorate of
  Livestock Services) donors and NGOS
• Input supply by DLS Micro credit distribution,
  beneficiary selection and skill development by
  NGOs
• ? No involvement of DLS after project period,
  makes it abandoned after phasing out
• 3-ways service delivery creates difficulty in
  coordination and control

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NGO Services

• Poorest people remain unaddressed
• Theoretical training without practice
• Background of trainers was not sound
• Abuses project resources to their own purpose
• Failed to supply quality feed
• Does not own the project and hence not
  responsibility

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Livelihood impact of the models

• Cash money flow increased economic activity of
  the beneficiaries
• Empowered women in decision making and spending
  money for them
• Positive impact on livelihood condition,
• schooling of children and asset mobilization
• Adoption rate of hatching and brooding chicks was
  80

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Alternative approaches
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Simplified form of poultry model
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Option- 1
Creep feeding device
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POULTRY HOUSE FOR SMALLSCALE FARMERS
Model house for 300 birds
Option- 2
Direction East-West
Size of house 40X12 sq.ft including Service room
Slate height 3 ft. from the ground
Roof height 6 ft. from slate
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Lesson Learnt

• Model should be simple, single agency managed
• Should have scope of learning from experience
• Supply system should be dependable
• Technology should be pre-tested in the location
  of adoption
• Training should be participatory and effective
• Capability of interacting agencies be judged at
  planning phase
• Part(s) of a model can be replicated elsewhere
  not a specific model.

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Conclusion

• Poultry rearing is a poverty reducing tool
• Intervened native chicken for pro-poor and
• Small-scale broiler and layer farming for poor
  may be effective in reducing their poverty in
  Bangladesh