Open AccessThe Economics of Egg Production
Author(s) -
Mohammad Sajiuddin
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
pakistan development review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 0030-9729
DOI - 10.30541/v15i2pp.171-180
Subject(s) - poultry farming , investment (military) , hatching , agriculture , production (economics) , capital investment , agricultural science , business , agricultural economics , working capital , economics , biology , zoology , ecology , macroeconomics , politics , political science , law , accounting , finance
Poultry raising on scientific and commercial lines isrelatively new to Pakistan, indeed, to this whole of the Sub-continent.In undivided India village farmers used to keep some fowls which wereproduced on primitive methods of natural hatching under the broody henand reared on garbage dumps, left¬over meals, and mixed grain, whichinvolved almost no financial investment. No special care was taken toprepare poultry feed or arrange for poultry health and hygiene. Thebasic idea of such part-time farming was to augment one's income fromthe sale of eggs and birds. This part-time farming still accounts forabout 85 percent; of Pakistan's total egg production.1 To match thetremendous rise in demand for meat growth in poultry farming will haveto take place on more modern and capital-intensive chicken farms. Suchenterprises are the subject of this study.