Abstract:
In Sri Lanka, poultry meat and eggs are considered as essential food commodities which
provide animal protein at relatively a low cost. The country's demand for chicken meat and
eggs is satisfied mainly through the local supply chain. Ampara district is an area located in
Sri Lanka where poultry farms are functioning on both small and medium scales. The
objectives of the current study were to identify the poultry farming systems in Ampara
districts. A survey was conducted among 54 randomly selected poultry farmers in eight
veterinary ranges in Ampara district using a pre-designed questionnaire. The collected data
were subjected to descriptive analysis using SPSS (Version 25.0). The study revealed that in
Ampara, 73 percentage of the male farmers involved in poultry farming rest 27 % were
female farmers. The majority of the farmers’ education were secondary (25 %) level, 21.7 %
of them tertiary and 13.3 % were primary level. From the study sample 63.3 % of poultry
farmers were involving in this industry for egg production purpose while 21.7 % were
involving for meat supply. 53.3 % of the poultry farming serves as the primary source of
income and 46.7 % farmers were doing as a part-time job. Of the total poultry farms 88.9 %
were adopt to deep litter system while 85.2 % are managed under intensive system. The
present study concluded that considerable amounts of the farmers in the study area were
kept poultry farms as a primary source of income with an adequate experience. Most of the
farmers practicing intensive farming system with deep litter housing.
