Kerala State Poultry Development Corporation (KEPCO)

The Kerala State Poultry Development Corporation Limited (KEPCO) is a fully owned Kerala Government undertaking registered in 1989. Its main function is to modernize and promote the state's poultry industry. The primary goal of KSPDC, a completely owned Kerala government undertaking, is to provide the state's poultry industry more energy and growth. The Corporation has been stimulating the development and advancement of Kerala's poultry industry.

Responsibilities of Kerala State Poultry Development Corporation

• To provide the state with sufficient quality broiler and layer chicks.

• Intervene in the retail broiler market and offer consumers affordable, high-quality meat that has been scientifically processed.

• To offer advice and technical assistance to farmers who raise poultry.

• On the larger canvas of "rural development," the use of poultry as a tool is envisaged for enriching small farmer, landless, labor families, and families below the poverty line through a more holistic and self-reliant approach, not only in terms of improving income, employment, and nutritional status but also in terms of fostering community development, gender empowerment, and environmental protection.

• To boost egg and meat production in Kerala to ensure food security (or self-sufficiency).

• To prevent drainage from state economy and to make it more vibrant.

• To creates employment opportunities through poultry rearing.

• The availability of high-quality, safe meat safeguards the public's health.