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Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

Volume: 49 Issue: 1

  • Open Access
  • Research Article

ADOPTION RATE OF RECOMMENDED FARMING PRACTICES BY DAIRY FARMERS OF KERALA

Sabin George1, P.C. Saseendran2, K.S. Anil3, Joseph Mathew4, V. L. Gleeja5 and P. Reeja George6

1. Corresponding author: e-mail: [email protected], Ph:9446203839 Assistant Professor, Department of LPM, CVAS, Mannuthy. 2. Professor and Head (Retd.), Department of LPM,CVAS, Mannuthy. 3. Professor and Head, Department of LPM,CVAS, Mannuthy. 4. Registrar, KVASU, Pookode. 5. Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, CVAS, Mannuthy. 6. Assistant Professor, Department of Extension, CVAS, Mannuthy

Year: 2018, Page: 33-36,

Received: June 18, 2017 Accepted: July 31, 2017 Published: Jan. 1, 2018

Abstract

The study was conducted among the dairy farmers of Kerala, with a view to find out the adoption of improved animal husbandry practices. The different scientific practices were categorised as those related to breeding, housing, feeding, reproduction, milking, calf care and health. Data were collected from 350 farmers using a structured schedule from 350 respondents, by personal interview technique. The farmers/farm households were categorized into small or subsistence farms (1-2 cows), medium (3-10 cows) and large farms (more than 10 cows). Adoption scores ranged from 39.73 (low) for breeding practices among small farmers to 84.93 (medium) for reproduction related practices among medium farms. Overall adoption scores were medium for all practices.

Keywords: Adoption score, Farming practices

References

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Khatra, P.S. and Sharma, V. 1992. Socioeconomic issues in the development of nomadic Gujjars. Indian J. of Agri. Econ.47(3): 448-449.

Sathiadhas, S., Noble,D., Sheela, I., Jayan, K.N and Sindhu S. 2003. Adoption level of scientific dairy farming practices by IVLP farmers in the coastal agro-ecosystem of Kerala.Indian J. of Social Res.44(3): 243-250

Copyright

 © 2018 Sabin George et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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