IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF THE LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT FOR LIVELIHOOD SUPPORT PROGRAMME IN WAYANAD DISTRICT
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2014-05-27
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Kerala Veterinary and animal science university, Pookode
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The impact of LDLS programme was assessed among the beneficiaries of Wayanad district. The strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the programme as well as, the constraints perceived by the beneficiaries and the implementing officers respectively were also studied. The study revealed that most of the beneficiaries were middle aged with only either primary or secondary education. The communication behaviour in terms of personal cosmopolite source contact and mass media utilization was of medium level. Further, majority of the beneficiaries‟ attitude towards dairying and goat farming was moderately favourable, whereas beneficiaries were highly favourable towards poultry farming. Regarding knowledge majority had moderate level of knowledge in dairying and goat farming, and less or moderate level of knowledge in poultry farming. The direction of income and employment generated in animal husbandry was one towards low to medium level and was the same with milk and egg productivity. The top ranked constraint perceived by the implementing officers was the inability of beneficiaries to avail loan in time due to a failure in winning the confidence of bank personnel. Permitting the willing beneficiaries to meet non-subsidy part of loan from own resources was the solution mentioned. The important strength of the scheme perceived by the beneficiaries was the experience and knowledge beneficiaries felt they had in this sector, whereas livestock obtained under the scheme acting as replacer stock was perceived as the most important weakness of programme. Potential scope for promotion of organic and integrated farming through implementation of the scheme was the most important opportunity, whereas massive death and predation of poultry distributed under the scheme was perceived to be a significant threat.
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