Livelihood development through backyard poultry farming

The present investigation is based on improvement of rural tribal farmers by introducing poultry farming for self-employment generation which helps in doubling the farmer’s income. Rural and tribal areas have received little attention in poultry sector. The backyard farming have the potency to improve the economic status of a large majority of tribal rural families as it is a low input or no input venture1,2. The study was carried out in the village of Rowtapathar under Rowta development block under Udalguri district of Assam. The present survey revealed that the selected progressive farmer was able to earn an annual net profit of Rs. 1, 17600.00 from poultry rearing.