Report
Improving the profitability of village broiler production in PNG
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
2013
Abstract
Improving the profitability of village broiler farming through the use of locally available feedstuffs has been a high priority in the PNG livestock sector for over 15 years. Lowland provinces close to the commercial feed mills account for 60% of broiler production with 40% in highland provinces. The village broiler Industry is valued at $67m. The viability of
village broiler farms in both geographical regions has been continually threatened by the rising costs of imported ingredients used in commercial feeds. An earlier ACIAR project (LPS/2001/077) developed a feeding system whereby PNG protein meals (plus minerals and vitamins) were used to produce a concentrate that could be mixed with 50-80% of local ingredients and fed to broilers. The feeding method resulted in good bird growth.
This project focused on delivery of the feeding system to village farmers through the participation of NGO's which included the Christian Leader Training College in the highlands, Lutheran Development Service in the lowlands and OK Tedi Development Foundation in the Western Province. The NGO's either renovated or built poultry housing facilities suitable for conducting regional specific broiler feeding demonstrations for village farmers.
Details
- Title
- Improving the profitability of village broiler production in PNG
- Authors
- Phil Glatz (Author) - South Australian Research and Development InstituteWorkneh Ayalew (Author) - National Agricultural Research InstituteIan Black (Author) - South Australian Research and Development InstituteJanet Pandi (Author) - National Agricultural Research InstituteJanet Deklin (Author) - National Agricultural Research InstituteMonica Mazi (Author) - National Agricultural Research InstituteMichael Dom (Author) - National Agricultural Research InstituteFred Besari (Author) - National Agricultural Research InstituteRod Ingersoll (Author)Christine Gee (Author) - Salvation Army (Australia, Melbourne)Klaus Neumeier (Author) - Lutheran Development Service (Papua New Guinea, Lae)Anton Kaupa (Author) - Christian Leaders Training College (Papua New Guinea, Banz)Andrew Mari (Author) - Ok Tedi Mining (Papua New Guinea, Tabubil)William Kerua (Author) - Papua New Guinea University of TechnologyBonnie Keoka (Author) - Lutheran Development Service (Papua New Guinea, Lae)Gariba Danbaro (Author) - Papua New Guinea University of TechnologyPeter Manus (Author) - Papua New Guinea University of TechnologyDouglas Maip (Author) - Papua New Guinea University of TechnologyHavini Vira (Author) - Ok Tedi Mining (Papua New Guinea, Tabubil)Eleo Dowa (Author) - National Agricultural Research InstituteNora Omot (Author) - National Agricultural Research InstitutePikah Kohun (Author) - National Agricultural Research InstituteElly Solomon (Author) - National Agricultural Research Institute
- Publication details
- 114 pages
- Publisher
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
- ISBN
- 9781922137999
- Organisation Unit
- Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991011697702621
- Output Type
- Report
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