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Abstract:
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Though of recent origin, commercial poultry farming has
achieved momentum in Kerala because of its wide and varied
potentials capability of employment creation, low investment,
quick returns, lesser combination of various factors of
production, enhanced productivity per unit of agricultural land,
maintenance of soil fertility etc. Despite all the ancillary attributes characteristic of a thriving venture, the performance of poultry farming in Kerala was not comforting, especially in the case of small and medium size farms. This study has aimed at detailing the various components of cost and revenue in the business of poultry farming, and the adducing of empirical evidences on the nature of relationship of different variables as the gross income, current
rate of productivity, extent of capacity utilisation and size of
farms in terms of number of birds reared and the farms’ overall
financial performance. Alongwith this a descriptive approach was
made to highlight the challenges and opportunity poultry farming in Kerala, with special emphasis on its economic and financial aspects. |