SUMMARY Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) conducted a survey study in 2017 to assess the status of production and technologies used in broilers, layers, broiler breeders and other poultry species (such as ducks and quails) in Kuwait. Survey data were collected from 42 specialised poultry farms and poultry holdings in 11 mixed agriculture farms, using a questionnaire. Most of the specialised poultry farms (57.14%) are concentrated in the Al-Wafra area in the southern part of Kuwait (close to the border of Saudi Arabia). Most of the specialised poultry farms (59.52%) included in the study were broiler farms for meat production; 30.95% of the farms were layer farms for table-egg production, and 9.52% of the farms were broiler breeder farms for hatching egg production. Technology levels, adopted by most of the poultry farms were scored as ‘medium’. Large size poultry farms used high technology, e.g. the implementation of integration systems. Recommendations from the survey included: vertical improvement through R & D and technology transfer, enhanced funding for research aimed towards the development of the sector and technology, providing grants to the producers and streamlining the subsidies tied up with quality and horizontal expansion by increasing land space and encouraging large- scale integrated poultry farming.

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评估科威特家禽生产的农场规模和技术使用

总结 科威特科学研究所 (KISR) 于 2017 年进行了一项调查研究，以评估科威特肉鸡、蛋鸡、肉鸡育种者和其他家禽物种（如鸭和鹌鹑）的生产状况和技术。调查数据是使用问卷从 11 个混合农业农场的 42 个专业家禽养殖场和家禽养殖场收集的。大多数专业家禽养殖场（57.14%）集中在科威特南部（靠近沙特阿拉伯边境）的 Al-Wafra 地区。研究中包括的大多数专业家禽养殖场（59.52%）是肉鸡养殖场；30.95%的养殖场是蛋鸡养殖场，9.52%的养殖场是孵化蛋生产的肉鸡养殖场。技术水平，大多数家禽养殖场采用的评分为“中等”。大型家禽养殖场使用高科技，例如集成系统的实施。调查的建议包括：通过研发和技术转让进行纵向改进，增加对旨在发展该部门和技术的研究的资助，向生产者提供赠款，并通过增加土地空间来简化与质量和横向扩展相关的补贴鼓励规模化综合养禽业。