History of Poultry Production in Chitwan

Poultry sector in Chitwan has two characteristics viz. rural and commercial. History of commercial poultry production in Nepal is not very old but, in non-commercial scale its history is very old. According to Nepal poultry association poultry production in chitwan was started during 2029/2030 B.S. but on commercial scale it was started during 2040 B.S. . In commercial and industrial terms poultry consists of 5 different areas of economic activities. They are hatcher, feed mills, production, marketing of egg and meat and food processing or consumer items. Other employment/income generating service areas that are created through commercial poultry are management, veterinary and pharmaceutical services.

The 1950-1951 revolution can be considered the catalytic event for commercial poultry development in Nepal. During 1951-1960, the governments also tried to design long-term visions and strategies for national development. During the First Five Year Plan, “Village Development Worker Training Center” at Shreepur and Birgunj were opened. Poultry production and management was one of the training components for the Village Development Workers (Poultry Munch, 1994)

In 1957-58, Heifer International, an American institution working in the livestock and poultry research presented one Kerosene poultry incubator of 100 egg holding capacity with Black Minorca, Rhode Island Red and White leghorn parent stock to Nepal government.Again in 1958-59, Heifer International offered additional 1700 pure line parent stock of Newhempshire and Australorp to the government

Later on Government Hatcheries were established at Parwanipure, Kathmandu, Sunsari, Pokhara and Nepalgunj at different ecological regions and distributed the number of dual purpose chicks to districts as per demand for the local breed improvement at rural level. The establishment of the Agricultural Development Bank in 1967-68 became a millstone in this regard. Credit to poultry farming with interest subsidy was made available. . Access to credit promoted poultry farms consisting 100 to 1000 chickens became common. [http://bpkhanal3.wordpress.com/2013/06/2… ]