Jaipur, In a unique initiative, the
Lupin Human Welfare & Research Foundation has started poultry farming of
Japanese quails for the first time on an experimental basis in Rajasthan. For
this purpose, chicks from Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Verterinary University,
Mathura, have been supplied to the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families identified
in the villages of Kumher Panchayat Samiti and in Bharatput town.
The Lupin HW&R Foundation's Executive Director, Mr. Sitaram Gupta, said
here today that the initiative has been taken as part of the philanthropic organization’s
ambitious poverty alleviation programme. So far, backyard poultry farming and
duck and turkey poultry farming was being conducted under the programme.
For the first time, the Japanese quail farming has been started in Kanchanpura
and Adhaiya Khurd villages of Kumher Panchayat Samiti and in Bharatpur town
with a view to augmenting the income of BPL families.
The households taking up poultry farming start getting income wihin a month and
face no difficulty in selling the meat, as its demand is present is the market
throughout the year. The Japanese quail's meat is considered to be tasty,
nutritious and healthier than the meat of other domesticated birds.
Mr. Gupta said 100 chicks each had been provided to three families in the
region at the rate of Rs. 9 per chick. Though Japanese quails are reared just
like domesticated fowls, this bird has the capacity to fly, because of which
their shed is covered by iron grills from all sides.
A Japanese quail gets ready for being sold in about five weeks after attaining
the weight of 250 grams. They are easily sold at the rate of Rs. 80 per piece.
Their death rate is also lower than the domesticated fowls and they are
generally not easily infected by diseases. However, it is necessary to keep
them at the temperature maintained at 35 to 37 degrees Celsius during the first
fortnight.
An average expenditure of Rs. 30 to 35 is incurred on feeding and maintaining
the Japanese quail, while the return is of Rs. 40 within the first month. Its
meat is liked by both domestic and foreign consumers and there is no difficulty
in selling it.
Mr. Gupta pointed out that a Japanese quail starts hetching eggs in two
months and hatches about 280 eggs in a year. If its farming is taken up for
producing eggs, it is necessary to keep one male quail among four females.
Mr. Gupta, who has taken several such pioneering steps in the past, pointed out
that if the Japanese quail poultry farming proves to be successful in Bharatpur
district, the Lupin HW&R Foundation would establish 20 big units for the
purpose in Bharatpur district. More BPL families will be identified for
starting the occupation, for which the university of Mathura will regularly
supply the chicks.
एक टिप्पणी भेजें