Knowledge Level of True-to-Type Salem Black Goat Farmers on Climate Change
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2020-09
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Climate change refers to any change in climate over time. Developing countries are more
vulnerable to climate change than developed countries because their economies are
dependent on climate sensitive sectors like agriculture and livestock. In India, livestock
sector is considered as one of the important livelihood option for rural population. Within
livestock sector, goat farming is one of the important livelihoods option for unprivileged
section namely landless, small and marginal farmers and they rear the goats in low input
traditional system. But the system of production has been under pressure from outside due
to negative environmental implications. The present study was undertaken to understand
the knowledge of goat farmers about climate change. For this study climate change
knowledge test was constructed. With the help of pretested interview schedule data was
collected from 340 True-to-type Salem Black traditional goat farmers. Half (50%) of the
True-to-type Salem Black traditional goat farmers had medium level of knowledge, 96.18
per cent of the respondents had knowledge on species resistant to climate change and none
of the respondents had knowledge on the institutions working on climate change in India.
High significant difference exists between Salem Black True-to-type goat farmers and
NICRA beneficiaries in the knowledge level on climate change. Salem Black goat farmers
are in a position to understand climate variability and the management practices which
help them to improve the production and productivity of goats in the climate change era.
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TNV-IJCMAS_2020_9(9)896-904
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Veterinary Science