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Preface
Keeping poultry makes a substantial contribution to household food security throughout the world.
It helps diversify incomes and provides quality food, energy, fertilizer and a renewable asset in over
80 percent of rural households.
Small-scale poultry farmers throughout the world are however, constrained by poor access to
markets, goods and services; they have weak institutions and lack skills, knowledge and appropriate
technologies. The result is that both production and productivity remain well below potential and
losses and wastage can be high. However, adapted breeds, local feed resources, and appropriate
vaccines are available, along with proven technologies that can substantially improve productivity
and income generation. In the book, we shall equip the farmer with skills and knowledge that can be
applied for successful poultry farming.
Among other aspects, the following are discussed in this book: Poultry farming in general, poultry
housing, feeding, bio-security, pests, diseases, disease control, record keeping, and break-even
analysis.
Acknowledgements
The author would like to acknowledge the assistance of colleagues and friends.
Dedications
The Modern Farm: The Realities about Poultry is dedicated to you because you are the very
reason why it was written.
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