WASSAN's Guide to Establishing Backyard Poultry (BYP)
About the Solution
This solution by Watershed Support Services and Activities Network (WASSAN) focuses on improving backyard poultry systems to enhance food security, nutrition, and rural incomes. By strengthening traditional poultry practices with improved management, breed support, and health services, it helps smallholder households maximize the potential of poultry as a low-cost, resilient livelihood option.
Over time, the model has been implemented in multiple regions, demonstrating its effectiveness in improving household nutrition, generating regular supplementary income, and building resilience among vulnerable farming communities.
Located in Hyderabad, WASSAN is a network-based organization focusing on improving the quality of mainstream programs in natural resources management and livelihoods. It engages actively in policy advocacy initiatives at the state and national levels mainly related to rainfed areas.
They can be reached via:
Mail: mail@wassan.org
Training
Category –Capacity Building, Handholding, Knowledge Documentation & Resources, Monitoring Evaluation & Learning
Sub-Category – Backyard Poultry
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Willingness to travel – Yes
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Institution / Trainer – Watershed Support Services and Activities Network (WASSAN)
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Short Description –
Audience: Farmers, Entrepreneurs, CSOs, Secondary Value Chain Entrepreneurs, Government Depts, Funding Agencies
Objectives:
To strengthen backyard poultry as a sustainable source of food and supplementary income.
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To promote improved management practices and veterinary care for higher productivity.
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To support rural households, particularly women, in diversifying livelihoods and improving nutrition.
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To scale context-specific models of poultry rearing that enhance resilience in rainfed and resource-poor areas.