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Book (stand-alone)Case study: Rearing chickens as an alternative livelihood option in Cambodia - key lessons to avoid failure
Regional Fisheries Livelihoods Programme for South and Southeast Asia.
2013Also available in:
No results found.This case study presents an overview of the context, details the RFLP intervention, gives the results, implementation problems, and recommendations and key lessons learned of RFLP supported chicken rearing as an alternative livelihood option for coastal communes of Cambodia -
No Thumbnail AvailableProjectIntegration of chicken raising and rearing larval Clarias Gariepinus in large ponds 1995
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No results found.Obuya, S., J. Ochieng, and D. Campbell., 1995. Integration of Chicken Raising and Rearing Larval Clarias gariepinus in Large Ponds. KEN/86/027 Field Document No. 3. FAO. This paper presents the results from 24 trials of growing 4 day old larval Clarias gariepinus to the size of 7 to 15 g in large ponds of 1 340 m2 with fertilization supplied by laying chickens at a density of 770/ha. As a control, 5 trials were simultaneously conducted in a 700 m2 pond fed with a combination of 10 % fish meal, 20 % cotton seed cake, and 70 % rice bran. Rearing time varied from 18 to 44 days. In the trials with integration with chickens, total yield per harvest varied from 750 to 29 000 clarias fingerlings, with an average yield of 5.8 fingerlings /m2 (Std 4.9). There was no correlation between yield and rearing days in the pond. There was no significant difference between the results obtained with integrated farming and using composed fish feed. The extreme variation in results nullifies the hypothes is that large, well fertilized ponds improve the consistancy of survival rates in pond rearing of larval Clarias gariepinus. The paper concludes that the best approach for the future is to use small ponds well protected against predation. -
Book (stand-alone)Characterization of indigenous chicken production systems in Cambodia
AHBL - Promoting strategies for prevention and control of HPAI
2009Also available in:
No results found.Reports of the project GCP/INT/010/GER summarize the findings from an integrated approach to prevent and control Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in the smallholder environment of Cambodia, Egypt and Uganda by considering the components of animal health (AH), poultry breeds (B) and livelihoods (L). - A survey was conducted on 402 chicken farmers in Kampong Cham, Kampot, Odar Meanchey, Rattanakiri and Siem Reap provinces in Cambodia to determine the different production systems and to differenti ate the phenotypic characteristics of chickens from different provinces. The majority of farmers interviewed were men aged between 41 and 50 years. The illiteracy rate among these farmers was less than the national average of 26.4 percent. Rice is the main agricultural crop in all five provinces. As well as their chickens, 71 percent of the farmers rear cattle/buffaloes and 43 percent keep pigs. The average flock size is highest in Kampot province (40.2 birds/flock) and lowest in Rattanakiri (23 .3 birds/flock). Across all the survey provinces, 35 percent of the farmers stated that chicken numbers have decreased over the last five years. Only one-third of the farmers purchase birds from outside, mainly from neighbours. Although the production systems vary in many aspects, selection criteria are similar in all provinces. Body weight is the most important criterion, followed by number of eggs laid. About 80 percent of the farmers provide their birds with at least night housing, constructe d mainly from simple materials available on-farm. The birds depend on scavenging, but 95 percent of farmers also provide some extra feed. Only a small number of farmers use the available veterinary facilities, and disease is reported as the main cause of mortality.
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