Majority of them are poor depending on agriculture and wage labour for their livelihoods. No. It took about six months to complete the process. The CIG member should top-up the balance when the balance is exhausted. Chicken droppings are recycled as manure for the crops, thus enhancing soil fertility. In this context, in 2016, the Department of Animal Husbandry (DAH) and the Tribal Welfare Department (TWD) of the Government of Andhra Pradesh (AP) designed the Rural Desi Backyard Poultry (BYP) programme with the objective of improving the income and nutrition of 13000 Adivasi households. Each CIG household was supported with Rs. 2018, Center for Science and Environment, New Delhi. 2 is deducted from the CIG member pre-paid amount (Rs.200 paid during enrolment), every time a bird is treated for a disease or infection. Backyard Poultry – A success story of a tribal start-up Kanna K. Siripurapu, Aneetha Kanukolanu, Sabyasachi Das and Chandrasekhar Nemani Backyard poultry with native breeds is easy to manage, less risky and can generate better incomes, for the poor households. 204, 100 Feet Ring Road, AME Foundation During the second half of 2016, WASSAN started working in this village, with the field support from LAYA, the local NGO. Backyard poultry with native breeds is easy to manage, less risky and can generate better incomes, for the poor households. Around 45 black chicks and 11 chicken were sold, providing a return of Rs.11,650. PedaKodapalli is a village in Pedabayalu mandal, with 102 households. The present article showcases the experience of the project implemented in PedaKodapalli village in Visakhapatnam district. Modern poultry is one of the fastest growing industries across the world. Thereafter, the communities relied mostly on commercially produced broiler chicken meat and eggs for their consumption needs. Koda, till now, has sold 480 one-month old chicks to 86 CIG members at the price of Rs. Watershed Support Services and Activities Network (WASSAN). The amount was used for the infrastructure, which included construction of an enclosure/pen, fencing, purchase of water and feed dispensers, purchase of birds, purchase of feed for a year etc. Veterinary doctors of the local veterinary clinic and staff of the facilitating agency and WASSAN served as resource persons for training the para-veterinarians. AME was transformed into a charitable Indian Trust, as AME Foundation, in 2001. 100 is towards one-time membership fee and the remaining Rs. With WASSAN as the Lead Technical Agency (LTA), the programme has been initiated in 129 clusters of the 5 districts of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, East and West Godavari. Community mobilization meetings were organized especially with women and self-help groups (SHGs) to explain the details of the BYP programme. 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