Abstract:
As the demand of chicken consumption is high and rising, the amount of poultry market
waste is also increasing by multiple times, which creates an alarming situation of polluting
environment. By processing this waste into feather meal and poultry waste meal,
manufacturers can contribute to meet the demand of protein for feed production and
establishing a pricing structure. Therefore, this study was conducted to assess the present
scenario of poultry feather waste, how to use it as an animal feed ingredient and its
business opportunity. A survey was conducted in the 21 randomly selected poultry markets
of Dhaka North City Corporation. Samples of feather and poultry waste were collected for
laboratory analysis. The results found that in general in each shop producing 100 kg
poultry wastes among which 2 kg is feather waste. It was estimated that Dhaka North City
producing 473.7 tons of poultry waste among which 8.7 tons are feather, that are discarded
as waste (survey data). Simplified processing techniques for feather meal has been
developed. It was observed that 1 kilogram of feather waste can produce about 500 grams
of product, presenting a considerable economic opportunity in comparison to other feed
ingredients. Furthermore, the generated product has a high nutritional value while having
no negative environmental impact. Proximate analysis showed that the final product
contained Moisture 11.25%, Crude Protein 86.53%, Total Ash 7.31%, Crude fiber 0.73%,
Crude Fat 5.03%. The total cost of producing per kilogram of feather meal is about 28
BDT which is much lower than present market price (60 BDT). There is opportunity to
create yearly 1 million US$ business from the wasted feather in Dhaka city. Thus, using
market waste for feather meal production could be a new opportunity to convert waste into
resource and significant contribute to economy of the country significant
Description:
A thesis submitted to
The Department of Agribusiness and Marketing,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN
AGRIBUSINESS AND MARKETING
SEMESTER: JANUARY-JUNE, 2021
