Tour Programme

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Tour Programme

• An Overview and Observation
• By Shamim S.N. SDC (HO)

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The Objectives of the tour

• To study the possibility of establishing
  egger-breeder nurseries in Kerala.
• To study the possibilities of establishing a
  network of layer bird farms and broiler farms in
  Kerala.
• To study the scope of scaling up Nutrimix units
  to all districts in Kerala.
• To interact with KASS and Ek-Saath and make
  observations to replicate the model in other
  regions.

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The Task Part i, Visit to Thrissur

• To visit Thrissur DMT and discuss the the poultry
  project with the DMC.
• To visit Ollur Hatchery and study its dynamics as
  well as its economics.
• To visit the layer bird farm in Kodassery,
  Thrissur.
• To apply the observations in the project
  formulation.

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The Task -Partii, Visit to Malappuram

• To visit the DMT and discuss the poultry project.
• To visit Mr. Abdul Kadar, who has a hatchery and
  farm in Pulamanthol.
• To study his hatchery and farm.
• To discuss with him, the possibility of
  integration farming.

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The Task -Part iii, Visit to Kasargode.

• To visit the existing Nutrimix units, and study
  its potential.
• To visit CPCRI and meet the officials to discuss
  the scope of scaling up Nutrimix units.
• To start planning a project for scaling up of the
  units to other districts in Kerala.

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The Task -Part iv, Visit to Kozhikkode

• To visit the KASS team and have an interaction
  with them.
• To make necessary observations out of the
  interaction for scaling it up to other regions in
  the state.
• To visit the Ek-Saath team and have and
  interactive session and make observations.

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The Observations made ThrissurOllur Hatchery

• The process of scientific hatching.
• The cost involved.
• The risks involved.
• The procurement of quality eggs.
• The different problems faced during the
  process.

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The Observations made- ThrissurLayer bird farm,
Kodassery

• The basic set up of a layer bird farm.
• The way our Kudumbashree unit had taken it up.
• The basic cost involved.
• The problems faced by them, mainly to find a
  ready market.

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The Observations made- ThrissurDiscussions with
the DMC

• The discussion was quite fruitful as the DMC
  being very interested in the project had already
  talked it to the dept. of vet. Sciences, and
  procured permission to take up the premises of
  idle veterinary hospitals and clinics in the
  districts for the purpose.

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The Observations made- Malappuram

• Mr. Abdul Kadar was quite informative about the
  poultry business, as his unit had a capacity of
  hatching 1,12,000 eggs per month.
• The visit to his hatchery and farm gave an idea
  about how to carry out the process.
• The discussions with him proved to be fruitful as
  he is willing to integrate with Kudumbashree at
  any scale.

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The Observations made- Malappuram

• The discussion with the DMC was quite effective
  as he had already made some arrangements for the
  sites required for setting up the farms.

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The Observations made- Kasargode

• The visit to the existing Nutrimix units proved
  quite enlightening.
• The units were performing fairly well even though
  the rainy season posed a lot of problems.
• The unit at Bedadka which had just completed over
  one and a half years in operation had already
  completed its repayments.

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The Observations made - Kasargode

• The visit to CPCRI was also quite informative.
• The official Dr. Nilofer, promised that they will
  arrange all the necessary training for the
  purpose.
• She also promised to get back with a list of
  possible supplements to the ingredients,which we
  can use for cost effectiveness.

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The Observations made- Kozhikkode KASS

• The teams services are of a great help to the
  Kudumbashree network as they get a good
  professional support at affordable rates.
• The team is engaged with the districts work for
  about six months, which suggests a good
  possibility of replicating them region wise.
• If the team can procure private works also, e
  could easily think of one team per district, but
  of course that's only a future prospect.

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The Observations made- Kozhikkode Ek-Saath

• The teams enthusiasm is quite notable.
• The presence of such a group of trained PGs with
  in the Kudumbashree network will be of a great
  help to conduct training programmes.
• The main benefit is that we can design custom
  made training programmes as per our requirement.
• At least one such team per region will be
  required for our immense training needs.

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Further Action taken

• Layer bird farm project formulated and circulated
  to the initial 5 districts of pilot phase.
  Eranakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram and
  Kozhikkode.
• A decision was taken to scale up the pilot phase
  to 7 districts.
• The pilot phase involves setting up of 5 units
  per districts in the phase.
• The DMTs have already been asked to identify the
  possible sites and groups for the project.

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Further Action taken

• Broiler farm project formulated and circulated to
  the first 5 districts in the pilot phase.
• Arrangements are being made to complete the
  agreement formalities with Mr. Abdul Kadar for
  the purpose.

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Further Action taken

• The project of Nutrimix is being studied for
  possible improvements.
• The idea is to set up a milling facility in each
  district to support the Nutrimix units in that
  district.
• The response from CPCRI is also awaited for
  considering cost revision strategy.

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Immediate priorities

• To identify the units for poultry and send them
  for training.
• To identify the sites and ensure infrastructural
  support.
• To make the units operational by the last week
  of November 2005.
• To identify potential groups and milling sites
  for Nutrimix units also.

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Thank you