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Support to Sustainable Rural and Peri-Urban Family Poultry Development - TCP/KYR/3703

Year of publication 2022

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 10

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Synopsis (short abstract) Kyrgyzstan is classified as a land locked developing ( and low income food deficit country ( The poultry sector in the rural areas of the Kyrgyzstan is in its development phase and has great potential for creating jobs, improving the nutrition of rural residents, and generating income Only about half of the rural households currently keep backyard poultry The flocks are mostly of low quality and poorly managed, and therefore have low productivity and efficiency characteristics Traditionally, ruminants are managed by males in Kyrgyz villages, while poultry falls under the responsibility of women In most households, women directly manage the small livestock, processing the products for family consumption, and marketing the surpluses for income generation The main goal of the project was to facilitate the expansion of family poultry farming in rural and peri urban areas of Kyrgyzstan, in order to reduce poverty and improve the nutrition of rural residents.

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