Expansion of Major Poultry Companies into North India and Adoption of Broiler Farming in Haryana

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  • Goto Takuya
    Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University

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  • インド北部における大手養鶏企業の進出とブロイラー養鶏の受容―ハリヤーナー州を事例に―
  • インド ホクブ ニ オケル オオテ ヨウケイ キギョウ ノ シンシュツ ト ブロイラー ヨウケイ ノ ジュヨウ : ハリヤーナーシュウ オ ジレイ ニ

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<p>This paper examines the roles of major poultry companies in the expansion of broiler production into North India and the mechanisms of adoption of broiler farming in Haryana. North India was behind in the development of agribusiness and broiler production for decades, as its conditions were unsuitable for poultry farming. However, broiler production has grown rapidly since the 2000s because major poultry companies have expanded their production bases and spread improved breeds of broiler northward. Hence, the author surveyed 35 broiler farmers in Haryana. The results of the surveys revealed that farmers from the middle level castes who hold their own farmlands have adopted broiler farming. This means that the adoption of broiler farming is limited to specific farmers, since a large investment and extra farmland are needed to build the poultry sheds. Most of these farmers have introduced improved breeds, switched to direct transactions such as contract farming, and employed migrant workers. Such management strategies have enabled them to overcome the unsuitable conditions of North India. In Haryana, the private hatcheries affiliated with the major poultry companies have played important roles in spreading improved breeds into broiler farmers, unlike South India. However, the companies have carried out contract farming with young farmers, mirroring the production system of South India. Namely, the companies have combined the affiliation unique to North India with the contract farming enforced in South India to allow farmers to adopt broiler farming in Haryana.</p>

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