scholarly journals Adoption Status of Improved Animal Husbandry Practices and its Relationship with the Profile of Dairy Farmers in Kheda District of Gujarat

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (01) ◽  
pp. 22-26
Author(s):  
Bharat S. Divekar ◽  
Manoj M Trivedi
Keyword(s):  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Significant Negative Correlation ◽  
Herd Size ◽  
Healthcare Management ◽  
Annual Income ◽  
Dairy Farmers ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
General Management ◽  
Husbandry Practices

This study was conducted to ascertain the extent of adoption of improved dairy husbandry practices and its relationship with the profile of the dairy farmers in the Kheda district of Gujarat. The study was undertaken in four randomly selected talukas of the district, from which 100 dairy farmers were selected randomly. The study revealed that the overall extent of adoption of improved animal husbandry practices in the study area was found to be about 62.78%. The overall highest adoption rate was for reproductive and healthcare management (81.40 and 81.33%) followed by feeding and calf management (77.00 and 62.00%), while the adoption of scientific milking and general management (37.60 and 37.30%) was the lowest. Education, landholding, annual income, and herd size of the dairy farmers had a highly significant (p less than 0.01) positive relationship. In comparison, social participation and mass media of the dairy farmers had significant (p less than 0.05) positive relationship with adoption of improved animal husbandry practices. However, family size, experience, and attitude towards dairy farming had a significant negative correlation with the improved animal husbandry practices. The independent variables considered in the present study explained about 38.20% variation (r2 = 0.38) in adoption of the improved dairy husbandry practices.

Dissemination of information to dairy farmers in Jammu and Kashmir: Developing a web module

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 546-558
Author(s):  
Jaspal Singh ◽  
Pranav Kumar ◽  
Amandeep Singh
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Healthcare Management ◽  
Dairy Farmers ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir ◽  
General Management ◽  
Perceived Utility ◽  
Fodder Production ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Ict Tools

The Internet is booming with need-based information and communication technologies (ICTs) catering to the needs of a huge number of farmers. For dissemination of scientific dairy practices a need-based Web Module for Scientific Dairy Practices (WMSDP) was developed. A total of 120 farmers from Jammu District and 20 scientists from the Sher-E-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Jammu were selected by proportionate random sampling for assessing and prioritizing the information needs of the farmers. Information on healthcare management was highly required by the farmers, followed by information on fodder production and management, general management, nutrition and feeding, and least on breeding and reproduction. The scientists prioritized information on general management as most required, followed by information on healthcare management, breeding and reproduction, nutrition and feeding, and least on fodder production and management. Keeping the information needs of the farmers and priority of the scientists in mind, an interactive IT-enabled web module was developed using the latest Microsoft dot (.) net technology. The perceived utility of WMSDP was calculated based on six indicators and the overall perceived utility score was found to be 11.18 out of 12.00. ICT tools like WMSDP can be an excellent medium for dissemination of required information to the farmers.

scholarly journals Socio-personal and economic characteristics of buffalo owners in Maharashtra

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-73
Author(s):  
S.R. Avhad ◽  
Mahesh Chander ◽  
V.K. Basunathe ◽  
A.K. Verma
Keyword(s):  
Milk Production ◽  
Family Size ◽  
Middle Age ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Herd Size ◽  
Young Age ◽  
Annual Income ◽  
Social Category ◽  
Nuclear Families ◽  
Livestock Rearing

For the present study total 240 respondents were randomly selected from purposively selected four districts of two divisions in Maharashtra State to explore the sociopersonal and economic characteristics of buffalo owners. The study revealed that about 37.10 per cent of the farmers belonged to middle age followed by old (36.30%) and young age (26.70%) categories. Majority of the respondents were male, educated, Hindu (97.10%) and belonged to nuclear families (74.60%). About social category 37.9 per cent belonged to OBCs followed by General (36.70%), Scheduled Caste (12.10%) and Scheduled Tribes (13.30%). Mean family size was 6.65±0.17 members. The agriculture was main occupation for majority (58.80%) of the respondents while, 41.2 per cent were dependent on animal husbandry farming for main occupation. Landholding ranged from zero to 12 ha with mean land holding of 1.98±0.14 ha. About 28.80 per cent respondents belonged to semi-medium farmer category, followed by landless (20.40%), marginal (18.30%), small (16.70%), medium (14.60%) and large (1.30%). Majority of the respondents had medium livestock rearing experience (12-29 years), small herd size (7.28-22.81 SAUs), low milk production (13-52 liters) and low annual income (Rs. 1,00,000- Rs. 3,20,000).

scholarly journals FACTORS INFLUENCING ADOPTION OF CROP AND FORAGE RELATED AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY TECHNOLOGIES BY SMALL-SCALE DAIRY FARMERS IN CENTRAL MEXICO

2015 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
CARLOS GALDINO MARTÍNEZ-GARCÍA ◽  
PETER DORWARD ◽  
TAHIR REHMAN
Keyword(s):  
Technology Adoption ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Herd Size ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression Model ◽  
Wealth Status ◽  
Dairy Farmers ◽  
Small Scale Dairy

SUMMARYIn order to identify factors that constrain or favour adoption of five crop or forage related and six animal husbandry technologies promoted by government to small-scale dairy farmers, a field survey was conducted with 115 farmers. A binary logistic regression model was fitted to identify socioeconomic and farm variables explaining the technology adoption. Factors that favoured technology adoption were based on perceived usefulness, productivity and benefits to the farm, farmer's skills and farm characteristics; moreover farmers were more willing to use technologies which required low levels of investment such as de-worming, vaccines, and data recording. Constraints were related to economic restrictions, lack of knowledge, lack of land, herd size, lack of extension advice, lack of information about government programmes, requirements associated with applying for government financial support, and technologies considered to be of little or no importance to the farm such as herbicides, artificial insemination (AI) and milking machines. Adoption of crop or forage related and animal husbandry technologies was significantly associated (p < 0.05) with socioeconomic (farmer's education, farmer's experience, farmer's wealth status) and farm characteristics (herd size, cows in production, milk yield, total hectares and technological level). It is concluded that the approach implemented in this study enables identification of key factors together with the communication approaches that have been successful.

Animal Husbandry Practices and Problems of Dairy Farmers in Coastal Areas of South Gujarat

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Dhami ◽  
S. C. Parmar ◽  
C. P. Parmar ◽  
M. M. Chaudhary
Keyword(s):  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Coastal Areas ◽  
Crossbred Cattle ◽  
Dairy Farmers ◽  
Crossbred Cows ◽  
Lactation Length ◽  
Husbandry Practices ◽  
Mineral Mixture ◽  
Dairy Animals ◽  
The Mean

Through mass contact programme at doorstep, the information on land holding, agriculture and occupational practices of 1198 livestock farmers of coastal area of South Gujarat, and reproductive and productive parameters of 5060 breedable dairy animals possessed by them were obtained. The percentages of landless, small, medium and large landholder dairy farmers in the area were 14.94, 71.62, 12.77 and 0.67, respectively. The irrigation facility for agriculture and the primary occupation of agriculture with animal keeping was up to 85 per cent. The average age at first calving was 28.40±3.12 and 42.05±4.23 months in crossbred cattle and buffaloes, respectively (pis less than 0.01). The mean calving interval (13.64±2.46 vs 18.47±2.86 months) and postpartum estrus interval (51.66±17.08 vs 92.68±15.93 days) were significantly shorter in crossbred cows than in buffaloes. Among 3232 and 1828 crossbred cattle and buffaloes surveyed, 25.34 and 27.35 per cent had different reproductive problems. The problem of silent heat was more in buffaloes including heifers than the crossbred cows. The percentages of anoestrus and repeat breeding were comparatively higher in buffaloes including heifers as compared to crossbred cows. The average milk yield/day was 10.28±3.49 and 6.93±4.63 liters in crossbred cows and buffaloes, respectively (pis less than 0.05). The mean lactation length was more or less similar in both the classes of animals. Breeding (>99% through AI) and feeding practices of green (15-16 kg), dry (6-7 kg) fodder and concentrate (1-2 kg) were similar in cattle and buffaloes. Supplementation of mineral mixture was slightly higher in crossbred cows as compared to buffaloes, and concerned farmers had a greater tendency to provide drinking water ad lib or 3 times a day. The higher percentage of both cows and buffaloes were kept in close animal houses. The findings indicated the awareness level and facilities of farmers of coastal areas in dairy husbandry practices and thereby productive-reproductive problems in their animals, which need to be improved by scientific interventions.

Constraints Perceived by Dairy Farmers in the Adoption of Improved Animal Husbandry Practices in Doda District

2018 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Sheikh Minhaj ◽  
Shafkat Khandi ◽  
Rayees Bafanda ◽  
Bharat Bhushan ◽  
Farzana Choudhary ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Dairy Farmers ◽  
Husbandry Practices
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