AN ASSESSMENT OF LIVESTOCK SERVICE DELIVERY AMONG DAIRY FARMERS IN ANDHRA PRADESH
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2017-10
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SRI VENKATESWARA VETERINARY UNIVERSITY TIRUPATI - 517 502. (A.P.) INDIA
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ABSTRACT:
Ex-post-facto research design was followed in the present investigation. Andhra
Pradesh state was selected for the present study covering purposively selected three districts
namely; Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, and Chittoor to cover the geographical distribution.
Two mandals from each district and two villages from each mandal were selected randomly
amounting a total of twelve villages and from each village ten dairy farmers are selected
randomly, thus a total of 120 respondents were selected for the study. The data were collected
personally with the help of a well-structured, pretested interview schedule, processed,
analyzed and interpreted.
Majority of the respondents were middle aged, illiterates and possessed medium
family size with nuclear type family system and belonged to Backward Category. Dairy
farming was the main occupation, while agriculture was taken up as subsidiary occupation
with marginal category of land holding. Most of the respondents had medium experience in
dairy farming possessed medium sized herd with medium level income. Majority of dairy
farmers have membership in one of the organizations like village panchayat, Self-Help
Groups, cooperative milk society, farmer’s organization and bank. Majority of the dairy
farmers are approachable to V.Ds with medium distance from service delivery institution
followed by Gopalamitra centres, R.L.Us and Veterinary Hospitals.
Majority of respondents were in frequent contact with V.A.S and paravets for availing
livestock services followed by Private Veterinarians in often access, Educational institutes
,Dairy co-operatives, M.C.Cs and quacks in rare access and never access to NGOs and most
of the dairy farmers were satisfied with the services provided by V.A.S followed by
paravets. Majority of dairy farmers in the study area were provided with production services
followed by curative services, extension services, preventive services and diagnostic services.
The respondents were satisfied to the services provided by different service providers mostly
in production services followed by extension services, preventive services, curative services
and diagnostic services. Majority of the dairy farmers had opinioned that there is medium
level of effectiveness in livestock service delivery.
Correlation analysis carried out between independent and dependent variables
indicated that from among the independent variables education ,herd size ,distance from
service delivery institution and mode of livestock service delivery had found to be
positively correlated with the effectiveness of livestock service delivery, while age found to
be negatively correlated with effectiveness of livestock service delivery.
Regression analysis revealed that, the combined effect of independent variables on
effectiveness of livestock service delivery explained that independent variables like
information seeking behavior, distance from service delivery institution and mode of
livestock service delivery contributed to most to the variation in effectiveness of livestock
service delivery.
Majority of respondents opinioned that inadequate availability of medicines and other
infrastructural facilities in hospitals and subsidies provided for purchase of animals were not
satisfactory and distant location of veterinary hospital/ veterinary care center is the major
constraint with the livestock service delivery. while majority of the dairy farmers had
opinioned that more number of veterinarians may be made available to improve animal
breeding service delivery, i.e., in critical cases of parturition etc. followed by animal health
services may be provided at the time of emergency by the veterinarians. Supply of fodder
seeds based on climatic conditions and change of work times of hospital in accordance with
farming activities were some of the suggestions opinioned by the dairy farmers towards
delivery of livestock services in an effective and efficient way.
Ensuring veterinary institutions nearer to the farmers habitat, timely availability of
veterinary officials in the institution, improving working skills of paravets and gopalamitras
by regular trainings, availability of enough medicines and other infrastructure as well as steps
should be taken to reach different schemes to the farmers door steps etc. are some of the
strategies recommended for effective livestock service delivery among dairy farmers.
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