Broiler Chicken Production Success Story
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Broiler Chicken Production in Santa Fe de Tutirihuara
In July 2006 we visited Mr. Mario Agnota farm, located 5 minutes after Santa Fe, road to Guanay and we could appreciate the efficient usage of the individual chicken houses. Some of the key points that show the results and positive impact generated by the project follow:
- Diversification of productive systems and income generation for the beneficiary families was achieved.
- Increase of producers' income.
- Decrease of manual force and the intensity of the physical effort with chicken production.
- A new economic dynamic got created were the need to harvest coca gets minimized.
- Currently, the beneficiaries are the ones to enjoy the benefits of the project.
- In the specific case of the person interviewed, it is a job that can be done with his incapacity (lack of an arm).
- Better income and food security.
- There is a business vision as a businessman. We could sense a huge motivation to increase the productive capacity.
- An association got created with 12 of the 14 beneficiaries.
- A need to manage other kind of support to improve the chicken production has arisen, such as electricity.
- They are replicating other people's experiences to increase their productivity levels for instance electric light instead of a lighter.
- Currently all the individual chicken houses given to the community are being used.
- They effectively and competitively managed to get introduced in local markets.
- They generated high level of demand for their product in local markets.
- High motivation to open points of sale in Santa Fe and Caranavi, completing the productive chain and reducing the dependency with intermediaries. With this activity the income could duplicate.
- Currently, the training and innovation made by producers have reduced the time to market.
Mr. Mario Agnota and his wife Basilia Morales, both Santa Fe de Tutirihuara residents and beneficiaries of the project, said:
Now, I'm more excited about the project than before, before too much work for little gain… I couldn't even get our needs covered… it was only rice and banana… (Mr. Mario). We welcomed the project with open arms because we know that the coca is not the answer to our problems… nowadays we are seeing the results…especially for me, it is a job more adequate for my incapacitation (he does not have an arm), now we can eat better and give more things to our children…Through the organization that we created with 12 of the 14 beneficiaries, we are innovating and experimenting, for instance using electric light instead of a lighter, that way the chickens grow faster and we reduce costs. That is why we are managing a project to have electricity…Regarding the commercialization… I always have a buyer, our chicken is well paid… we want to open stores, one in Caranavi and the other in Santa Fe, that way we could sell our chicken directly to the consumer, duplicating our gains. The training and classes have been our foundation, we have learnt health, management and nutrition. I want to leave my business in the town (store) and come here to live in the farm and work exclusively with chicken.
