Today, Tuesday, is the weekly market day in Udainagar town in Dewas district of Madhya Pradesh. The major trading takes place on these market days in the Bhil Adivasis homeland in Western India. Especially the trade in goats and chicken. Let us see what income this trade yields to the informal rearers of goats and chicken.
A herd of goats should be at least ten in number for optimum use of various inputs. Eventually, in one year two mature goats can be sold from this herd for about Rs 25000.Similarly a backyard poultry of about 15 indigenous chicken will yield an annual revenue of about Rs 3000.
The value of the manure from the goats and chicken is about Rs 2000. Thus the total revenue is Rs 30000.
One person has to tend the goats and chicken daily and both have to be provided some additional feed apart from the grazing which costs another Rs 5000.
So the net income from informal goatery and poultry is Rs 25000 for a smallholder farmer which comes out to be a daily wage of Rs 70 only.
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