Abstract

AbstractIn the livestock sector in India, poultry farming holds a prominent position owing to its impressive growth led by the private sector. Poultry sector has shown rapid growth, with chicken meat growing at an average annual growth rate of 9% and eggs growing at 6% from 2000–01 to 2018–19 (DAHD DAHD (2020) Basic animal husbandry statistics 2020. Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries. Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare. Government of India). The recent steady growth in domestic demand for chicken meat has made it possible to increase production with a ready market putting India among the top poultry producers in the world. India was the third-largest egg producer after China and the USA with a production of 88 billion eggs and fifth-largest chicken meat producer with a production of 3.5 million tonnes during 2017–18 (FAOSTAT (2018) Food and Agriculture data. Retrieved from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data). This transformation in the poultry sector was led by the commercial poultry industry which contributes about 80% of the total poultry production. The other 20% is produced by the traditional backyard poultry. The broiler industry is concentrated in the southern and western states and accounts for a major share of total output. Similarly, the layer industry is dominated by well-developed states like Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, accounting for nearly 60% of the production (DAHDF (2017) National Action Plan for Egg & Poultry-2022 for Doubling Farmers’ Income by 2022. Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Government of India.). Commercial poultry farming is yet to make a dent in more populous states like Bihar, Orissa and Uttar Pradesh.

Highlights

  • In the livestock sector in India, poultry farming holds a prominent position owing to its impressive growth led by the private sector

  • While it is clear that vertical coordination in agriculture supply chain is instrumental in bringing down costs and risks for smallholders, it has been difficult to prove that it takes place uniformly in the Indian poultry sector

  • If we look at individual years, the annual growth rate was as high as 13.25% in 2011–12 as supported by the boom of commercial poultry led by large integrators and could be traced to gains from exports during that period

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Summary

Introduction

In the livestock sector in India, poultry farming holds a prominent position owing to its impressive growth led by the private sector. India is the third-largest egg producer after China and the USA with a production of 96 billion eggs and fifth-largest chicken meat producer with a production of 3.7 million tonnes in TE 2018–19 (FAOSTAT 2018). This transformation in the poultry sector has been led by the commercial poultry industry, which contributes about 80% of the total poultry production. The layer industry is dominated by welldeveloped states like Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, accounting for nearly 60% of the production (DAHDF 2017). Nanda Kumar Former Senior Visiting Fellow, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi, Delhi, India

Gulati (B)
Global Overview
Domestic Overview
Competitiveness
International Competitiveness
Domestic Price Formation
Inclusiveness
Sustainability
Financial Sustainability
Environmental and Epidemiological Implications
Scalability
Vertically Integrated Production Systems and Inflow of Technology
Availability of Low-Priced and High-Quality Animal Feed in Southern and Western India
Access to Finance
Findings
Conclusion and Policy Recommendations
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