Journal of Animal Sciences and Livestock Production Open Access

Department of Veterinary, Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia

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• Review Article   
  The Characteristics, Challenges and Prospects of Small Scale Poultry Farming in Developing Countries
  Author(s): Isayas Asefa Kebede*
  
  This paper document is a review on the characteristics, challenges and prospects of small scale poultry farming in developing countries. The term poultry represents bird species that can be domesticated and reared by human for their economic value. The food and agriculture organization of the United Nations has classified poultry production systems into four categories as sector one, two, three and four. In a large number of low income countries, backyard/household production (sector 4) is the largest system of poultry production and a critical source of income and nutrition for poor households. Small scale poultry production has developed in a large number of developing countries around the world as an important source of earning for the rural poor. Poultry production systems of tropical regions are mainly based on the scavenging indigenous chickens found in virtually all villages an.. View More»
  

  DOI: 10.36648/2577-0594.7.2.45

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