Our Model and Services
Smallholder Poultry
NSPDT’s smallholder community poultry model enables poor women in rural India to start and run successful poultry enterprises.
Big Opportunity in Poultry
The Indian poultry meat industry, which annually produces 2.3 million tonnes (FAOSTAT, 2010), is the fifth largest in the world and one of the most competitive. Per capita meat consumption at 1.8 kg/ year (GoI, 2010) is much lower than the 11 kg recommended by the Nutrition Advisory Council
Achievements
A woman producer earns at least ₹40,000 a year from the activity. Today, more than 13,000 women poultry producers organized in 25 producers organisations in Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, and Assam posted sales of Rs.518.81 crores and earned over Rs.42.62 crores profit (FY 18-19), and these organizations now have total equity base of Rs. 82.75 crores.
what-we-do
Over two decades of experience in launching and facilitating smallholder poultry collectives in varied socio-economic contexts; Codified systems and processes to launch and support the collectives.
Photo Gallery Slideshow
2018
My News Feeds
1. Why I Would Raise Chickens by Bill Gates
2. The Small Animal That’s Making a Big Difference for Women in the Developing World
3. A Permanent Path Out of Poverty for Small-Scale Farmers
4. Poultry from and for women in India
5. Making Modern Poultry Markets Work for the Poor
6. Indian women open chicken feed factory ( A report published by Rabobank)
7. जनभागीदारी से ही झारखण्ड का समग्र विकास संभव
8. Rabobank Foundation empowers India's poultry women
9. MPWPCL wins FPO of the year Award
10. Monthly income of Rs6,000, turnover Rs3.34 cr, profit Rs20L - Times of India..
11. Bird care gives tribal women financial flight - Times of India..
12. NATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AWARDS 2018
13. NSPDT is awarded as the Best FPO 2020
Resources
1.Good practices: a brief note
2.Making modern poultry markets work for the poor
3.Creating Inclusive Poultry Value Chain: Case of Kesla Poultry Cooperative
- 14,000 women producers
- 27 primary cooperatives/producer companies
- 3 federations (MP, Jharkhand and Assam)
- Producer income: 426.2 million
- Sales turnover: 5.28 billion
- Market leaders: Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand
Looking ahead
- 20,000 women producers
- 50 cooperatives
- Producer income: 1 billion
- Sales turnover: 10 billion
- States: Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Bihar, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Assam
- Among the top five broiler producers in India
- PRADAN, India's leading rural development NGO, has facilitated the establishment of NSPDT. To know more about PRADAN.
OUR TEAM

Dr H K Deka
Dr. H. K. Deka started his career as a development apprentice with a national level NGO “PRADAN” after passing his B.V.Sc. & A.H. in 2001 from CVSc, Khanapara. Dr. Deka is also sharing his time with National Small-holder Poultry Development Trust as its CEO.

Dr. Pankaj Das
Dr. Das graduated from CVSc, Khanapara in 1997. He joined PRADAN at Gumla district of Jharkhand in 2001 as a development apprentice. He had worked in PRADAN as project Executive and Team leader prior to joining Jharkhand Poultry Federation in 2012 as its Chief Operating Officer.

Dr Mridu Pawan Hazarika
Dr. M. P. Hazarika joined Kesla Poultry Society in 2003 after completing his M.V.Sc. (Microbiology) from CVSc, Khanapara, Guwahati. He took charge as Chief Operating Officer of MPWPCL in 2009. He is the most energetic and action oriented person in the team.