Poultry business picks up speed with mini incubator technology, increased income of farmers

In Andaman and Nicobar, indigenous poultry farming is considered a profitable business in terms of the sale of eggs and meat. Here, most of the people keep indigenous chickens at the back of their house. However, the villagers faced problems due to lack of sufficient availability of chicks to carry forward the poultry business. To solve this, ICAR suggested increasing the availability of rural chicks to farmers with the help of mini incubators or hatcheries.

Women do the entire management of the poultry business 

Poultry farming is a good source of income for women in Andaman and Nicobar. Here, the entire management of this business is done by women. In Andaman, about 75 percent of the farmer families raise 6-12 chickens behind their house. 40 to 80 eggs are obtained per hen every year. He uses 31 percent of these eggs himself and sells up to 57 percent. In addition, 12 percent of the eggs are used for hatching. To address the problem of shortage of chicks, the Port Blair-based ICAR- Central Island Agricultural Research Institute has recommended the use of mini incubators – or hatchers – under the mission ‘Farmers for Farmers’, which will increase the production and supply of chicks.

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Helping women through training and exhibition 

Gave training to rural women on identification of fertile eggs, attention to cleanliness, management methods, use of mini incubators and many scientific methods to improve chicken production and packaging. ICAR-CIARI trained 2,202 women from 25 villages.

5 women made a successful debut 

5 rural women Joyshana, Meenakshi, Rani, Binita Singh and Aseema Roy have started a micro enterprise using mini incubators. Started producing and selling indigenous chickens commercially. Within 2 years, about a thousand farmers used mini incubators to incubate their chickens. Of these thousand farmers, only 650 were women. These farmers produced about 25,000 chicks and ducklings and distributed them to other farmers.

How much income? 

Women farmers who started their business through mini incubator, they are earning 11 thousand to 13 thousand rupees every month by taking advantage of hatching facility through mini incubator. This income is more than his previous income. Adopting poultry business as an enterprise through mini incubators has helped women farmers to earn a sustainable livelihood.

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