Principles and Techniques of Veterinary and AH Extension

Contract farming or Integrated farming

CONTRACT OR INTEGRATED FARMING

• Poultry production with layers and broilers has extended into contract farming wherein the poultry farmers agree to provide eggs or chicken of certain quality and adhere to the management practices indicated by an agency in return for an assured market.
• The agency is responsible for supply of chicks, vaccinations, and health care, poultry feed and purchasing the output, chicken or eggs. The farmers’ responsibility is to provide land, sheds and labour for maintenance.
• Consequently, the small-scale broiler and layer farms could not withstand the competition from the large commercial farmers and vanished from the scene. As a result poultry production is highly commercialized and the role of public extension has become limited in this setup.