Devex World 2020: Low-tech, High Impact: Increasing Resilience of Small-Scale Poultry Producers in India

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The discussion will highlight the four key low-tech and low-cost innovations, focusing in on the key interventions that have been deployed in Odisha. These include (i) model poultry houses designed to reduce bird mortality, (ii) micro feed mills, (iii) optimizing home mix nutrients for chicken feed, and (iv) nutrition communication campaign.

Dr. Sushmita Parai, Sr. Program Manager for Animal Wellbeing at Heifer International and Jason Shelton, Core Nutrition Director at Cargill will discuss how low-tech innovations are enabling smallholder farmers to build sustainable businesses and increase resilience. They will emphasize how Hatching Hope is supporting women farmers in India to increase backyard poultry production, improving nutrition in their households and strengthening resilience to shocks.