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Journal of Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volume  10, Issue 1, January-June 2022, Pages 9-12
 

Original Article

Socio-economic Profile Dairy Farmers Regarding the Scientific Animal Husbandry Practices followed by Dairy Farmers in Eastern Plain Zone of Uttar Pradesh

Ajay Kumar Gautam1, H C Verma2, R K Singh3, R P Diwakar4, Rajesh Kumar5, Vibha Yadav6, Mushtak Ahmad7, Amit Kumar

1,8M.V.Sc Scholar, 2Assistant Professor, 3Associate Professor, 7Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Veterinary & Animal Husbandry Extension Education, 4,6Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, 5Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Gynecology & Obstetric, College of Veterinary Science, Animal Husbandry, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture & Technology, Ayodhya 224229, Uttar Pradesh India

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/jafst.2321.1628.10122.1

Abstract

The present study was carried in Basti distract of out in Uttar Pradesh to assess socio-economic status dairy farmers regarding the scientific animal husbandry practices followed by dairy farmer in eastern plain zone of Uttar Pradesh. The state was purposively selected because scientific dairy farmers adopted by majority of rural farmers as a source of subsidiary income. The selection of District was purposively due to the researcher is well equated about the work, the socio-cultural status of the district which help in quick rapport building that is essential for authentic data collection. The selected Basti district four Blocks will be selected randomly. Three villages from each block were selected randomly. The villages were selected by applying simple random sampling technique. A village-wise list of dairy farmers were prepared and from that list, ten dairy farmers were selected randomly from each village, thus the final sample unit comprised of one hundred twenty (120) dairy farmers for this study. Majority (59.17%) of dairy farmer’s belonged to old age group (>50 years), majority (25.83%) belonged to middle category, majority 58.33 per cent of the dairy farmers belonged to the other back word caste, majority 68.33 per cent of the dairy farmers were having nuclear family. majority (52.50%) of dairy farmers were in medium category of personal localite, information like family members, relatives, friends, Progressive farmers and others were used as source information in scientific dairy farming practices. Socioeconomic profiles like age, education, family size, family type and more social participation compression to other socioeconomic status have good scientific animal husbandry practices in research area


Corresponding Author : H C Verma