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Subject: Veterinary Extension Education × End date: 2013 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Relative involvement of men and women in dairying
    (Department of Extension, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, 1992) Anil, S S; KAU; Pushkaran, P S
    The objectives of the study were, to assess the extent of physical involvement and involvement in decision-taking by men and women in dairy management practices, to probe into the influence of women in the adoption of practices, to study the extent of adoption of selected aspects in dairying, the reasons for non-adoption/partial adoption of the practices, if any, to study the influence of selected socio-economic factors on adoption and to reveal the knowledge level of men and women about dairy management practices. The study was conducted among the members of the milk producers' co-operative society, Vilanganoor. The data were collected through personal interview using pre-tested interview schedule. Variables were measured using appropriate scales and suitable statistical tools were used for analysing the data. The study revealed that majority of husbands and wives had medium knowledge level. Husbands had significantly higher knowledge than wives in general even though there was no significant difference in the aspects of feeding, milking and breeding. In the aspects of housing and feeding the physical involvement of wives was significantly higher. In all the other aspects husbands' scores were significantly higher except in the case of milking where there was not much difference. In decision-taking, the husbands had significantly higher involvement in all aspects except feeding and milking. It was also noted that the children had important role in these two aspects in few households. There was a high rate of adoption of practices related to the selected aspects in dairying among the respondents (mean adoption index - 86.037). The physical involvement of women in the adoption and their involvement in decision-taking though not significant in general indicate their fairly good influence in the adoption of dairy husbandry practices. The correlation coefficients worked out revealed that out of the 13 socio-economic factors included in the study, only the land holding, experience in dairying, availability of professional help at farmers' premises and occupation had significant association with adoption. Experience in dairying had significant positive correlation with adoption of scientific selection in the case of husbands. Similarly land holding was positively and significantly associated with adoption of scientific housing. Availability of professional help at farmers' premises was significantly and negatively correlated with adoption of scientific housing, while it had highly significant positive correlation with adoption of scientific treatment. Occupation of husbands and adoption of practices in the aspect of feeding were highly significantly and negatively correlated. Occupation had significant negative correlation with adoption of aspects in general in the case of husbands. Since the value of multiple regression analysis was low no further analysis was done. The major constraints faced by farmers in the adoption of scientific practices were lack of money, high cost of feed, repeat breeding and non-availability of medicines
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    Study of Selected Environmental Factors Influencing extension personnel in communicating improved Animal Husbandry Practices
    (Department of Extension, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, 1979) Raj Kamal, P J; KAU; Prabhakaran, T
    The objectives of the study were to understand the working conditions of the personnel engaged in animal husbandry extension with regard to selected environmental factors and to explore the relationship, if any, existing between the perception of the selected environmental factors by the extension personnel and their self-assessment on their role in the 'Change agent-Client system contact'. The study was conducted in Trichur taluk with all the 60 personnel engaged in animal husbandry extension work. These personnel comprised of Village Extension Officers, Livestock Assistants, Dairy Farm Instructors and Veterinary Surgeons. Results revealed that for majority of the Village Extension Officers the 'Guidance and supervision', 'Services and supplies' and 'Job satisfaction' were only 'some-what satisfactory' and below, while for factors like 'People's participation', 'Interpersonal relations and 'Communication', the environment was 'some-what satisfactory' and above. Livestock Assistants were in general not satisfied with 'Guidance and supervision', 'Services and supplies','Communication' and 'Job satisfaction'; 'some-what satisfied' with 'People's participation' and 'satisfied' with 'Interpersonal relations'. Most of the Dairy Farm Instructors expressed the existence of 'some-what satisfactory' environment on factors like 'Guidance and supervision', 'Services and supplies', 'People's participation', 'Communication' and 'Job satisfaction'. They were quite satisfied with their 'Interpersonal relationship'. For majority of Veterinary Surgeons, all the six environmental factors appeared to be 'some-what satisfactory'. Livestock Assistants had an entirely different perception of the environmental factors leaning more towards total dissatisfaction when compared to other categories in the study. There was almost unanimous agreement by all categories of personnel to the unsatisfactory nature of 'Services and supplies' prevailing in the diffusion of animal husbandry innovations and also in their 'Job satisfaction'. It was found that in the self-assessment of the extension personnel's contacts with clients the environmental factors studied had least importance in the case of Village Extension Officers and some importance in the case of Livestock Assistants and Veterinary Surgeons. The results thus indicate the necessity to improve upon the efficiency of the existing administrative machinery. It also suggests the need for a more detailed study of the working environment prevailing in the projects and organisations engaged in livestock development.
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    Perception of empowerment by the members of women self-help groups in goat farming in Thrissur district
    (Department of Extension, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, 2005) Kavitha, V; KAU; Jiji, R S
    The objectives of the study were to analyse the members’ perception of empowerment through participation in women SHGs, to explore the members’ perception of effectiveness of functioning of their own groups and to analyse the opportunities and threats associated with empowerment through microfinance in goat farming as perceived by the members. Among the members of SHGs engaged in goat farming for atleast one year, operating under Kudumbashree in Thrissur district, 150 members were selected through proportionate stratified random sampling. The data were collected through structured questionnaire and interviews. Three-fourth of the respondents had medium knowledge of goat farming and almost two-third had highly favourable attitude towards group activity. As for the members’ perception of empowerment, more than half of the respondents were in the medium category. The respondents had the strongest perception of being empowered in the psychological aspects. About the members’ perception of effectiveness of group functioning, more than three-fourth of the respondents fell in the medium category. The functioning of the group in terms of quality of official procedures was perceived as most effective by the members. Opportunity to earn income was perceived by more than half of the respondents, whereas, lack of cooperation from family members was perceived as the most serious threat. Intercorrelations of perception of empowerment, perception of effectiveness of group functioning, knowledge of goat farming and attitude towards group activity were worked out using Kendall’s tau-b rank order correlation. Significant positive correlation was observed between perception of effectiveness of group functioning and attitude towards group activity. The members’ perception of empowerment had significant negative correlation with their knowledge of goat farming. A significant negative relationship was found between the members’ perception of empowerment and the herd size of goats maintained by them. The perception of empowerment of the respondents having previous training exposure was higher than those with no training exposure. Also, the perception of empowerment of the illiterate members was higher than that of literate members.
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    Determinants of the awareness of rabies and adoption of control measures among the dog owners of thrissur district
    (Department of Extension, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, 2008) Soja, Augustin; KAU; Rajkamal, P J
    Determinants of the general awareness of rabies and adoption of control measures among the dog owners of Thrissur district of Kerala were studied. Dog owners’ general awareness of rabies and its control measures transcending all the domains viz. etiology and spread, symptoms, and control measures of rabies indicated that those of medium awareness predominated across all the three regions- hilly, coastal and plains. Significant regional differences were observed on general awareness of rabies and control measures. Dog owners of hilly and coastal regions as compared to plains comparatively lagged behind on general awareness and control measures. Formal education, media exposure and attitude towards humane dog rearing were associated with general awareness of rabies and its control. Regarding practice adoption of rabies control measures, there were more number of medium level adopters followed by low and high level adopters in that order. Majority of dog owners preferred to be medium level adopters of control measures in future also. Besides, there was a regional difference on the adoption of rabies control measures. Coastal region was behind even the hilly region in this regard. An association was found between general awareness and adoption of control measures. Further formal education, income and attitude towards humane dog rearing were associated with practice adoption of control measures of rabies. A large majority of dog owners obtained information on rabies from print media followed by electronic, cosmopolite and localite channels. Only a negligible percentage of dog owners had attended any seminar or workshop on rabies. A large percentage of dog owners of hilly region believed that ARV is unnecessary. Dog owners’ attitude towards humane dog rearing was predominantly neutral or ambivalent. Attitude towards humane dog rearing was found to be a decisive factor in explaining the variability in general awareness of rabies and its control.