STUDY ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE OF CATTLE OWNERS OF JUNAGADH DISTRICT

B.A. SAVALIYA¹, P.R. KANANI²*, H.H. SAVSANI³, B. B. JAVIA⁴, S.J. VEKARIYA⁵, C.R. KOTADIYA^6
1Department of Extension Education, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, 362001, Gujarat
²Department of Extension Education, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, 362001, Gujarat
³Department of Animal Nutrition, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, 362001, Gujarat
⁴Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, 362001, Gujarat
⁵Department of Veterinary & Animal Husbandry Extension, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, 362001, Gujarat
⁶Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, 362001, Gujarat
* Corresponding Author : prkanani@gmail.com

Received : 11-04-2016     Accepted : 23-04-2016     Published : 28-07-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 26       Pages : 1543 - 1545
Int J Agr Sci 8.26 (2016):1543-1545

Keywords : Cattle owners, Personal, Socio-economic characteristics
Academic Editor : Dr Basa Swaminath
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : None declared

Dairy farming plays an important role in social and economical livelihood of the farmers. The present study was conducted in Visavadar and Mendarada taluka of Junagadh district. Three villages were selected from each taluka and each village was selected with 20 respondents. One hundred twenty respondents were selected by random sampling for present investigation. The data were collected with the help of predesigned interview schedule by contacting the dairy farmers personally. Some of the data were collected by direct observation at the place of respondents. The collected data was analyzed by using simple statistical methods like frequency, percentage and mean. The results indicate that majority (51.66 per cent) of the dairy farmers belonged to middle age group, 53.33 per cent of them educated up to primary level, 59.16 per cent of the cattle owners had large size of family, majority (67.50 per cent) of the cattle owners had animal husbandry plus farming as main occupation, 42.50 per cent of them had income of Rs. 30,000 to 40,000. 60.00 per cent of the cattle owners had medium size of herd, majority (66.67 per cent) of cattle owners had medium social participation, 75.00 per cent of them had medium extension contact and 53.33 per cent of respondents were from medium risk orientation group.