KNOWLEDGE LEVEL OF BENEFICIARIES DAIRY FARMERS ABOUT RECOMMENDATIONS OF SAUS ON IMPROVED ANIMAL HUSBANDRY PRACTICES

M.M. TAJPARA¹*, M.S. CHANDAWAT², M.F. BHORNIYA³, B.C. BOCHALYA⁴, B.N. KALSARIYA^5
1Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Surendranagar , Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, Gujarat 362001
²Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Surendranagar , Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, Gujarat 362001
³Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Surendranagar , Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, Gujarat 362001
⁴Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Surendranagar , Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, Gujarat 362001
⁵Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Surendranagar , Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, Gujarat 362001
* Corresponding Author : tajpara1978@rediffmail.com

Received : 09-04-2016     Accepted : 16-04-2016     Published : 21-06-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 21       Pages : 1396 - 1398
Int J Agr Sci 8.21 (2016):1396-1398

Keywords : Knowledge, Surendranagar, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Recommendation, improved animal husbandry practices and dairy farming
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : None declared

Dairy farming is means of subsistence for millions of dairy farmers in country. It provides livelihood support to millions of small marginal farmers and land less labours. Scientists of State Agricultural Universities (SAUs)are effortlessly engaged in doing research for location specific low cost and suitable technologies in the sector of dairy farming which may not only resulted in increase in productivity of dairy animals but also reasonably reduce the cost of dairy farming. Scientist of Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Junagadh Agricultural University, Surendranagar are also making every efforts for increasing knowledge of dairy farmers in their operational area of intensive working by imparting vocational training programmes, through implementing Front Line Demonstration (FLDs) and On Farm Testing (OFT), advisory services to dairy farmers etc and try their best to ensure no stone remain unturned for disseminating knowledge among dairy farmers. But gap in knowledge level of dairy farmers still persists regarding SAU recommendations pertaining to improved animal husbandry practices. Looking into this, the present study was taken up among 225 dairy farmer beneficiary of KVK operational villages of Chotila, Sayala and Limbadi taluka of Surendranagar district of Saurashtra region of Gujarat with the specific objectives to study the knowledge of beneficiary dairy farmers about SAUs recommendation pertaining to improved animal husbandry practices and socio-economic status of the dairy farmers of Surendranagar district. Majority of the dairy farmers belonged to middle age group, belonged to other back ward caste, obtained primary education, had membership social organization and had possessed 2 to 3 ha land holding with 3 to 4 live stock . Majority had big size family and had members more than five and had earning upto Rs 51000.00 to 100000.00. Most of dairy farmers had high level of knowledge regarding SAUs recommendation pertaining to animal breeding, live stock production management and animal health while partial knowledge level found in case of animal nutrition and fodder production. So we can conclude that most of the dairy farmers of the Surendranagar district possessed medium to high level of knowledge about recommendations of SAUs pertaining to location specific and improved animal husbandry practices.