Dreams became a reality for 46-year-old Meena Gounden when she decided to take a leap of faith, left her cleaning job to start her poultry farm. Gounden’s farm is located in Coqeloa, Vanua Levu where she began her business with just 200 trays of eggs while today she sells about 600...
In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the potential of alternative feed ingredients as viable and practical alternatives to conventional poultry diets. These alternatives not only aim to reduce the ecological footprint of poultry farming but also are great candidates to enhance the ...
In 2005, a notable outbreak of NDV occurred at a property in Surrey farming common pheasants (Phasianus colchicus), in England. Five out of seven occupied pens (approximately 10,000 birds) developed clinical disease with mortality observed (<3%). The origin of the infection was later traced ...
grants (>95% of households), small businesses (e.g., thatching, hairdressing, mini-retail stores, sale of locally collected natural resources, etc.) and formal employment (31% of households in Njela, 15% in Gogogo and 8% in Ludaka) [23]. Formal education levels are low, with few ...