Год выпуска: 2012 Автор: Ram Kumar Chauhan Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 128 ISBN: 9783659174964
Описание
Despite fast growth in poultry business, farmers from developing countries suffer several problems: the major one being minimum share of profit. Lack of knowledge of the value chain is one of the major contributing factors. A study was conducted to find out the appropriate way out to enhance the share of poultry growers in the profit. Results showed unorganized marketing system and high/rapid fluctuation in price to be detrimental to producers. Credit was also found to be a constraining factor making the bargaining power weak on part of poultry producers. It is recommended that minimum market price be fixed. Besides, broiler value chain should be upgraded through technology-based processed meat production system to enter into new value chain and trap the maximum benefits. Since, many of the rural poor are dependent on farming policy-makers could find this book important for any efforts to combat poverty through modernization and commercialization of agribusiness. It may be equally...