A Amet Keikung, Samar Thakuria and Penchen T Bhutia
India country is an agrarian country its mainly depends on agriculture, animal husbandry and allied sector for their livelihood. Poultry farming has developed into a substantial agribusiness activity in India, making a contribution to the alleviating of poverty, maintaining food security and providing employment opportunities in rural areas. In addition to providing a dependable supply of nutrition in the form of eggs and meat, it also creates income for millions of people. The study was undertaken to find out the Socio-economic status of women poultry farmers in Dimapur district of Nagaland. A field survey was carried out in Chumukedima block and Dhansiripar block of Dimapur district in the state of Nagaland. A total of 100 respondents were randomly selected from the above-mentioned blocks of Dimapur district (50 from Chumukedima block & 50 from Dhansiripar block). The findings of the study revealed that majority of the respondents (51.00%) belonged to middle aged category with graduate level of formal education (35.00%). All the respondents (100 %) belonged to the female category. Majority of the respondents (41.25%) belonged to medium family size (5-9 members). Most of the respondents (54.00%) had medium level of farming experience. Majority of the respondents (40.00%) were involved I business as their occupation followed by 33.00 per cent of respondents with poultry business as occupation. Majority of them (76.00%) had small level of flock size. Most of the respondents (56.00%) had single level shed in poultry farming. Majority of the respondents (68.00%) of respondents had Kuccha &Temporary of shed. Most of the respondents (81.00%) were used poultry for Meat purpose.
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