Impact Assessment of Livestock Development Schemes in Haryana
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2024-04
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Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Hisar
Abstract
The present study was conducted to assess the impact of livestock development
schemes in Haryana. The respondents included beneficiaries of various state government
scheme, non-beneficiary dairy farmers and veterinarians. The respondents were selected from
two different agro climatic zones in methodical way with appropriate randomization. There
were hardly any difference between beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries except in terms of
extension contacts, mass media exposure and economic motivation. There were significant
differences between beneficiary and non-beneficiary respondents in terms of adoption and
knowledge scores about improved technologies. Also, similar differences were observed in
terms of productivity of animals reared, incomes, perceived social status, etc. It was opined
that cause and effect aside, there seems to be a strong correlation between extension contact,
economic motivation, mass media exposure and output in terms of higher productivity and
incomes. Adoption of schemes like IMDP and CDIC seemingly made a significant impact on
productivity in terms of milk yield, conception rate, calving interval and dry period. However,
it was conjectured that this could partly be attributed to selection of high potential animals
which is required in the scheme. Similarly, scheme for establishment of Hi-tech & Mini-dairy
unit was also having positive impact on milk yield, income from milk, employment,
perceived improvement in social status, adoption of clean milk production practices , etc. A
majority of beneficiaries of Insurance scheme were satisfied with scheme in general but were
partially satisfied insofar as delay in claim settlement and claim amount was concerned. The
scheme for providing employment opportunity to Scheduled Caste was seemingly highly
successful given the finding that beneficiaries were having more than doubled the
supplementary income as compared to non-beneficiaries scheduled caste respondents. Nearly
three fourth of beneficiaries of Pashu Kisan Credit Card scheme agreed that animal feeding
improved after availing this scheme. It is argued that the coverage of schemes should be
expanded to include greater number of livestock farmers as the number of beneficiaries was
on the lower side in general. Simplification in the procedures for schemes is also
advocated. There seems to be a need to streamline job responsibilities of field veterinarians.