A Glimpse Of Poultry Development In India (A Brief Touch With A Deep Thought‪)‬

The present compilation represents the development of poultry in our country in an inclusive manner. Our nation has transformed from backyard poultry production in free range areas to an ever-big industry with environmentally controlled houses. It contributes significantly to national GDP (0.77%) and has definite impact on Indians livelihood with poverty alleviation and food security potentials. Despite poultry industry tremendous achievements, basic concepts reflecting the current status, progress and various factors involved in its upliftment are lacking and this book targets to seal this knowledge gap. This Glimpse is an author’s sincere attempt to make all the poultry graduates, budding poultry professionals, practitioners and teachers to realize the developments of Indian poultry sector and its contribution to our Indian economy. Understanding the importance and on-going developmental status will make us to decide our targets in the line of further development and tackling emerging issues in the country. The various chapters for this book were chosen sensibly based on a Graduate Analysis & Response Sheet which has been developed exclusively to gain views from various M.V.Sc and Ph.D poultry graduates in state veterinary, agricultural and deemed universities across the country. One of the strong points of this book is that, each chapter is framed in a simple and practical manner with incorporating the suggestions and views of various experts in the field of poultry to arrive at significant conclusions. Several research papers, review articles, poultry magazines, policy notes, conference papers, Govt. websites, newspapers have been referred and due acknowledgment has been given accordingly to all the concerned authors and sources under references section of each chapter