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Subject: Veterinary Extension Education × Author: KAU × End date: 2004 × Start date: 2003 × Thesis Type: M.V.Sc. ×
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    Training needs of farm women of Thrissur taluk in dairy and poultry farming
    (Department of Extension, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, 2004) Durga Rani, V; KAU; Subhadra, M R
    The objectives of the study were to analyse the profile of farm women, to assess the training needs and to identify the problems of farm women engaged in dairy and poultry fanning. The data were collected through personal interviews using pre-tested schedule from 120 respondents selected from two development blocks of Thrissur Taluk by multistage sampling. Majority of the farm women were middle aged, married, of medium income group, had long years of fanning experience with small sized herd and medium flock size but had not attended any training in dairy and poultry farming. Their innovation proneness, economic motivation, risk orientation and credit orientation were found to be medium. Nearly half of them were high school educated. Half of the farm women were engaged in house hold work as well as agriculture and allied activities. More than half of them had low level of social participation and extension agency contact but had medium information source utilization and marketing orientation. Out of the five major farm operations' studied in dairy farming, the farm women needed training the most in housing. The minor items preferred the most for knowledge need were proper design of cattle shed, selection of breeds, compounding balanced feed using locally available ingredients, vaccination and banking and insurance. As for skill need, construction of scientific low cost cattle shed, selection of breeds, compounding balanced feed using locally available ingredients, symptoms of common diseases and banking and insurance were preferred the most. In poultry farming, feeding and management was the most preferred major farm operation. The minor items preferred the most for both knowledge and skill training were proper design of poultry shed, selection of eggs for hatching, compounding balanced feed using locally available ingredients, vaccination and banking and insurance. In dairy farming, problems in health care was perceived as the most serious one. Under major farm operations, the most serious problems were inadequate knowledge about scientific housing, repeat breeding in crossbreds, high cost of concentrates, reduction in milk yield due to diseases and low price of milk and milk products. In poultry fanning, farm women perceived problems in feeding and management as the most serious one. Under major farm operations, the most serious problems were inadequate knowledge about low cost scientific cage construction, low hatchability of eggs in summer, problems of predators, losses due to bacterial and viral diseases and financial difficulties.
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    Training needs of pig famers of Thrissur district
    (Department of Extension, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, 2003) Anup, R; KAU; Subhadra, M R
    The objective of the study was to identify the profile and training needs of pig farmers of Thrissur district. The study was conducted in five panchayaths having highest pig population. A proportionate random sample of 60 pig farmers was selected for the study. The datawere collected by interview method using a structured schedule. The study revealed that majority of the pig farmers were middle aged, Christians, middle school educated, 1 -5 years experience in pig farming and not undergone any training. They were mainly marginal farmers having less than 1 hectare of land holding and of medium income group. Most of the pig sties were located in the homestead, and hotel or butchery waste feeding was given to the pigs. It was also noted that exotic breeds were reared by them, and pig farmers depended on other farmers for information about pig farming. Most of them had medium risk preference, innovation proneness, marketing orientation 'and high economic motivation. Diseases and prevention was most preferred major subject matter area for training for both the knowledge and skill aspects among the eight studied. This was followed by housing, breeding, feeding, management, integrated farming, marketing and economic of pig farming. Under the eight major domains studied, the minor farm operations preferred by the respondents for training were deworming, vaccination, scientific construction ef cage, exotic breeds, selection of animals for breeding, unconventional feeds for pigs, swill feeding, disposal of excreta and waste materials, mixed farming, marketing and loan for pig farming The pig farmers preferred training through print media and electronic media. For the 'institutional training they preferred training of one day duration. According to them farm visit was the best method of training where as the Veterinary College was the most preferred venue of training.