Economic analysis of poultry enterprise in Jaipur district of Rajasthan state of India

The cost and return analysis of different sizes of poultry farms in Jaipur district of Rajasthan state has been carried out based on primary data collected from twenty poultry farms for the period of July, 2010 to June, 2013. The study has shown that the variable cost per bird has been reported very high while the total fixed cost per bird was reported less in both broiler and layer farms. The feed cost covered the most part of variable cost both in layer and broiler farms. The maximum revenue received from the broilers in the broiler farms and from the eggs in layer farms. The return on per bird was productive as the benefit-cost ratio and the layer farms showed more profit than broiler farms. All the results obtained showed solvency of farms for investment committed on them as calculated cost-benefit ratio were more than unity, NPV values were positive, profit rates were more than 100. So the present study computed the cost and return and capital productivity of investment in poultry industry of Rajasthan, India.