Vol. 13 No. 2
Study on productivity improvement of backyard duckery through cross breeding in South Dinajpur district of West Bengal
Author(s): S. BISWAS, A. GOSWAMI, A. ROY AND D. MAZUMDAR
Abstract: Backyard Duckery plays a significant role for subsidiary income and supplement nutrition for the rural farmer’s particularly women in the community in eastern region of India. Realizing the importance, Dakshin Dinajpur KVK under UBKV introduces BDIP programme through FLD, training, supervision, and monitoring to improve the productivity of indigenous backyard Duckery. The study depicted the dominance of backyard Duck farming by the rural women and this is gaining momentum in spite of few constraints regarding implementation of the BDIP programme. The study finally shows the avenues to resolve the constraints and achieve the ultimate success of this developmental intervention.