Further proper care and suitable environment should be provided where the birds can exhibits their natural behavior. In organic poultry farming the preference should be given to local/ indigenous breeds or breeds developed for rural poultry which can thrive in organic management system. This is the time interval between the start of organic management on farm and certification of the farm and its products.
This period is called as conversion period. The establishment of organic dairy/ poultry husbandry requires a specific care and a sufficient time. The main objectives of organic farming are to established and maintain soil-plant, plant-animal and animal- soil inter dependence and to produce a sustainable agro- ecosystem based on local resources (Biradar et. A commission of FAO/ WHO codex alimentary defined organic farming as a unique production management system which promotes and enhances org-ecosystem health, including biodiversity, soil biological activity and is accomplished by using on farm agronomic, biological & mechanical methods in exclusion of all synthetic off farm inputs. Today poultry industry has been playing a very significant role in various socio- economic development programs by way of providing self- employment, supplementary income and protective food to all the section of society especially for rural masses in the country. Thousands of poultry farmers have now visualized that poultry farming is a profitable venture as a means of livelihood and economic prosperity. The increased poultry production during last 4-5 decades was possible largely because of a fundamental change in the view point of both, the planners and farmers. With an annual output of ˃ 88.14 billion eggs & 3.46 million tonnes(2016-17), India ranks 3 rd largest producer of eggs (after china & USA) & 5 th largest producer of broiler in the world (after USA, China, Brazil and Mexico). poultry meat in the year 1975 to 69 eggs and 3.6 Kg.
ORGANIC POULTRY FARM FULL
Poultry industry has developed in to a full fledged industry with immense potentials for meating domestic market with per capita availability of eggs and meat increasing from 18-19 eggs and 0.091 Kg. G.B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology-Pantnagar Singh, Nitesh Kumar Singh, Namita Naula and Dushyant Sharmaĭepartment of Livestock Production ManagementĬollege of Veterinary and Animal Sciences This chapter looks at organic poultry production through the lenses of the four organic IFOAM principles, and discusses current options and challenges such as genetic material and breeds, and possible future developments with a focus on animal welfare and health, beyond existing systems, for example agroforestry and mobile housing systems, and integration into peri-urban and urban system.C.B. However, at the other end of the range of organic poultry production, we see increasingly industrial farms based on a complete separation between organic egg and broiler breeds, some with the same welfare and disease problems as the non-organic systems. Poultry herds fit into many different farm settings throughout the world, including the diverse farming environments in Europe. Mette Vaarst, Aarhus University, Denmark Klaus Horsted, Danish Centre for Food and Agriculture DCA, Aarhus University, Denmark and Veronika Maurer, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), SwitzerlandĬhapter synopsis: Poultry constitute a fascinating and diverse group of animals with huge potentials to adapt to many local conditions and to be integrated into a wide variety of organic farming systems throughout the world.
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