Introduction:

The broiler chicken is the most consumed protein source in Lima - Peru, reason why its demand and consumption of water for its production, is increasing every year. According to the Peruvian Poultry Association (2016) in Lima, 76.4 kilograms per inhabitant per year are consumed and at the Latin American level chicken consumption in Peru is one of the highest in the region (Evans, 2016). Also, the World Wildlife Foundation (2014) indicates that food production is responsible for 70% of the water used by man on the planet, so it is everyone's responsibility to make good water resource management.

Objective:

In this context, the present work estimates the water footprint of the broiler chicken benefited.

Materials and methods:

The identification of the processes of broiler chicken production was carried out by means of direct observation, interviews and review of information, while for the estimation of the water footprint measurements were taken during the period from June 2016 to November 2016, water consumption, volumes of wastewater treated and kilograms of chicken benefited.

Result:

The incubation, breeding and profit processes were identified, the virtual water ratios of each process were calculated and based on this, the water footprint of the broiler chicken benefited was obtained according to the guidelines of the "The Water Footprint Assessment Manual: Setting The Global Standard "(Hoekstra, et.al, 2011).

Conclusions:

The result of the evaluation reports that the water footprint of the broiler chicken benefited is 2059.76 liters of water per kilogram of chicken, of which 85.28% corresponds to the indirect green water of imported agricultural inputs (corn and soybean) that are used in the production of balanced feed for chicken.