AN ASSESSMENT OF LIVESTOCK SERVICE DELIVERY AMONG DAIRY FARMERS IN ANDHRA PRADESH
| dc.contributor.advisor | SHARMA, G.R.K(MAJOR) | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | HARILAL, R | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | SURESH, J | |
| dc.contributor.author | DEEPTHI, G | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-12-03T09:09:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-12-03T09:09:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-10 | |
| dc.description | THESES | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | 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. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810085116 | |
| dc.keywords | DAIRY FARMERS;LIVESTOCK SERVICE; DELIVERY;ANDHRA PRADESH | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.pages | 153 | en_US |
| dc.publisher | SRI VENKATESWARA VETERINARY UNIVERSITY TIRUPATI - 517 502. (A.P.) INDIA | en_US |
| dc.sub | Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension Education | en_US |
| dc.subject | null | en_US |
| dc.theme | AN ASSESSMENT OF LIVESTOCK SERVICE DELIVERY AMONG DAIRY FARMERS IN ANDHRA PRADESH | en_US |
| dc.these.type | M.V.Sc. | en_US |
| dc.title | AN ASSESSMENT OF LIVESTOCK SERVICE DELIVERY AMONG DAIRY FARMERS IN ANDHRA PRADESH | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |