Poultry farming tough but rewarding

By Lominda Afedraru for Daily Monitor

The old mindset of society engagement in agriculture as an activity for the elderly is fading with a number of youth actively participating to the contribution of food basket.

A number of development partners are participating in projects in skilling the youth to actively engage in agricultural initiatives as business enterprise in order to better their standard of living.

One such initiative is by Association of Volunteers in International Service (AVSI) where they are skilling the youth in agricultural product management in Central, Eastern and Western Uganda.

AVSI chief of parties under Sky project Samuele Rizzo Otim explaining the initiative notes that the project worthy 11m euros is funded by the Danish government and it engages youth right in schools and those within communities. 

The youth in Kamuli are engaged in skilling in poultry keeping and below are the best practices they have learnt in poultry keeping and case studies of those already owning poultry farms.

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