Value chain analysis of Kadaknath chicken in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh Tripathy Amit1, Bardhan D2, Kumar Sanjay1,*, Kumar Shiv3, Singh S R K2, Khan Rizwan1, Kumar Chandan4, Dora D Suryam5 1Division of Livestock Economics, Statistics and Information Technology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh, 243122, India 2ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, 482004, India 3ICAR-National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi, 110012, India 4Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Jhabua (Rajmata Vijayraje Scindia Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya, Gwalior), Madhya Pradesh, 457661, India 5Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kanker (Indira Gandhi Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya, Raipur), Chhattisgarh, 494334, India *Corresponding author: sanjay.kumar7@icar.org.in
Online published on 5 April, 2023. Abstract This paper identifies the production and marketing systems of Kadaknath poultry breed by mapping and analyzing the value chains in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, the former considered as the cradle of Kadaknath rearing. Qualitative and quantitative data regarding type of chain actors and their interactions were gathered through personal interview method. Farmers/producers, traders, retailers, roadside restaurants/Dhabas and Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) are the major chain actors involved in identified value chains in the study area. Quantitative mapping reveals that majority (38%) of the birds is sold by farmers to traders and to ultimate consumers at the farm gate (33%).About 39% of the birds procured by traders are exported to other districts, while 31% and 22% of the birds are sold by traders to road side Dhabas and ultimate consumers, respectively. Of the total value added, traders in fresh/raw chicken chains and restaurants/Dhabas in value added chains capture significant shares. Some policy suggestions have been made to streamline the Kadaknath value chains towards integrated and inclusive production and marketing systems so as to benefit resource-poor farmers in the study area. Top Keywords Value chain, Economics, Poultry production, Backyard poultry, Price spread. Top |