Poultry Value Chain

Abstract In the livestock sector in India, poultry farming holds a prominent position owing to its impressive growth led by private sector. Poultry has shown rapid growth, with chicken meat growing at an average annual rate of 9% and eggs 6% from 2000–01 2018–19 (DAHD DAHD (2020) Basic animal husbandry statistics 2020. Department Animal Husbandry, Dairying Fisheries. Ministry Agriculture & Farmers Welfare. Government India). The recent steady domestic demand for made it possible increase production ready market putting India among top producers world. was third-largest egg producer after China USA 88 billion fifth-largest 3.5 million tonnes during 2017–18 (FAOSTAT (2018) Food data. Retrieved Organization United Nations: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data ). This transformation commercial industry which contributes about 80% total production. other 20% is produced traditional backyard poultry. broiler concentrated southern western states accounts major share output. Similarly, layer dominated well-developed like Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu Maharashtra, accounting nearly 60% (DAHDF (2017) National Action Plan Egg Poultry-2022 Doubling Farmers’ Income 2022. Fisheries Welfare India.). Commercial yet make dent more populous Bihar, Orissa Uttar Pradesh.