IMPACT ANALYSIS OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING ON SCIENTIFIC DAIRY FARMING IN HARYANA

K.I. PORDHIYA¹*, GAUTAM², DAVINDER SINGH³, SANTOSH S. PATHADE⁴, N. RAMESH⁵, JAYANT GOYAL⁶, DEEPA SINGH⁷, TANUSHA^8
1Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension Education, Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar, Haryana, India
²Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension Education, Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar, Haryana, India
³Directorate of Extension Education, LalaLajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar, Haryana, India
⁴Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension, Bombay Veterinary College, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
⁵Division of Extension Education, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
⁶Division of Extension Education, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
⁷Division of Extension Education, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
⁸Division of Extension Education, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
* Corresponding Author : pordhiyakishor1@gmail.com

Received : 09-12-2016     Accepted : 02-01-2017     Published : 12-01-2017
Volume : 9     Issue : 2       Pages : 3666 - 3669
Int J Agr Sci 9.2 (2017):3666-3669

Keywords : Vocational training, Dairy farming, Impact analysis, Trainee, Knowledge gain
Academic Editor : Dr Manish N Sawant
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : I acknowledge Indian Council of Agricultural Research for providing fund through Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) to conduct the research. I also acknowledge the reviewers and editors for correcting and publishing my research article
Author Contribution : None declared

Training is important process to make desirable change in the behaviour of the farmers so that they can adopt scientific dairy farming practices to increase their farm productivity. Many organizations including universities regularly organize such programmes. However, the evaluation of effectiveness of such programmes is an area which is often neglected. The present study was undertaken to assess the impact of scientific dairy trainings on the knowledge level of farmers in Hisar district of Haryana. 120 randomly selected trainees were assessed in pre and post phases of training with use of earlier developed specific interview schedule. Data were analysed with use of appropriate statistical tools Mean, Standard deviation, frequencies, percentage, mean score, mean percent score, Z-test, correlation .The study revealed that there was significantly increase in knowledge of trainees at the end of training. Maximum gain in knowledge was observed in feeding (22.71%), followed by marketing (21.11%), breeding (12.68%), management (12.66%) and animal health aspect (7.26%), respectively. The farmers who registered for the trainings were already having medium to high knowledge indicating that the farmers with poor knowledge were limited in numbers. It is suggested to take into account the socio economic profile of trainees at the time of selection.