Raising egg-laying chickens to strengthen the community’s economy through food security networks in Pulohpuyo

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Community situation

• In 2020, 923 children aged 0–5 years were Eleven children had short stature. Fifty children were underweight, while 83 were obese.
• The COVID-19 situation has affected the household economy, causing health and nutrition problems.
• The Hometown Conservation Club “Kampong Natkudum” and the Ban Klong Khuan Youth Group have 70 members who can produce safe food in the community.

Activities

• Supporting the Hometown Conservation Club “Kampong Natkudum” and the Ban Klong Khuan Youth Group to raise egg-laying chickens.
• Helping Tadika School and the community to organize a market for chicken eggs.

 Results

• The community agreed to allocate a plot of land to a chicken farm. A written agreement was made.
• The community mobilized resources, labor and food, to help with the construction of the chicken farm.
• A chicken farm learning center was established in the community.

Participants

Abdul Rohman Dolo has 3 children, aged 5 to 10. He is a member of Kampong Natkudum Club. The Pulohpuyo SAO encouraged the club to raise 100 chickens. Each day, two out of 40 members of the club take turn feeding the chickens and collecting eggs. The eggs are sold to the group members and neighbors who order the eggs online (Line application). A pack of chicken eggs of assorted sizes is sold at 80 THB.

This activity teaches me how to raise chickens, give them food and water, manage the light system of the farm, and care for sick chickens. Raising chickens brings incomes to the community. Everyone helped build the chicken house. Children cut the grass. Adults made wooden stalls. Villagers brought snacks and water to help out. It united us. I am proud to have built the first community’s chicken farm. Now, we have learned that chickens are easy to raise, and chicken droppings don’t stink because we use rice husks to absorb the odor. My children and the other members’ children can spend their free time productively by feeding chickens and collecting eggs instead of playing games or playing on the phones.”

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