STUDIES ON SELECTED SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS IN RELATION TO DIFFERENT POULTRY FARMING PRACTICES

摘要

In India rural poultry production is recognized as an important instrument of socio- economic improvement among the rural communities. The study was conducted in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, where two blocks were purposively selected from the district having high poultry population from the two zones (i.e, non-saline and saline zones). From each zone two clusters with three villages in each, based on proximity were selected randomly on proportionate basis to form a total sample size of150 respondents. A structured interview schedule was prepared, pre-tested and administered personally for data collection. Data thus generated were computed and analyzed through different statistical tools viz, correlation analysis, mean and T test. Themean age, education, livestock and land holding, meat price, man days of employment, egg and meat consumption differed significantly (P<0.01) in the two systems that is intensive and semi-intensive including backyard system. Age, education, meat production and meat price differed significantly (P<0.01) in the two blocks under study i.e, the saline and non-saline zone.