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- Title
An assessment of Poultry Farms for Poultry Litter Production, Disposal and Its Use as a Fertilizer.
- Authors
BASHIR, Adila; NAFEES, Mohammad; KHAN, Nazish Huma
- Abstract
The poultry sector is a growing sector that generates a huge quantity of poultry litter (waste) worldwide. This study examined the current status of the poultry activities, litter disposal procedures as well as its effects on wheat production in the Haripur District (Pakistan). In view of this, a questionnaire survey was conducted among 73 poultry concerns and 34 farmers. The respondents to the questionnaire revealed that 82% of the poultry farms raised broilers, while the remaining 18 % were dealing with layers. The poultry farmers used rice hull (94%) and sawdust (6%) as bedding material with an average layer of 6 cm. A total of 802500 birds were raised, generating 618766 kg of poultry waste annually. According to the survey, it was observed that poultry litter was used as fertilizer on agricultural land. Among this waste, 84 % of farm owners sold poultry litter directly (raw litter) to the farmers, while the other 16 % disposed of it (post-storage) in premises of their farms. This investigation concluded that applying post-storage litter as fertilizer led to a 21 % increase in wheat production than raw litter application while open storage produced an unpleasant smell, attraction of flies, released toxic gases and reduction of essential nutrients It is therefore recommended to alter the method of litter storage and its application to agricultural land, to make poultry waste a safe and effective fertilizer.
- Subjects
POULTRY litter; POULTRY farms; FARMS; RICE hulls; ESSENTIAL nutrients; POISONS
- Publication
Waste Forum, 2022, Issue 3, p197
- ISSN
1212-7779
- Publication type
Article