Transfer and adoption of buffalo management practices in haryana: A constraints analysis
| dc.contributor.advisor | Sangwan, S.S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Manhas, Pritam | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-08-18T09:40:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-08-18T09:40:40Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The study was conducted on randomly selected 120 buffalo owners, 40 veterinary surgeons and 60 veterinary livestock development assistants (VLDAs) from Kaithal, Sonepat, Faridabad and Jind districts which were selected on the basis of maximum concentration of buffaloes. The objectives of study were to identify different types of constraints perceived in transfer and adoption of buffalo management practices and to establish relationship among variables. Buffalo owners : constraints and their relationship The constraints were divided into five areas viz. Breeding, feeding, management, health care and miscellaneous. Poor conception rate of A.I. and problem of repeat breeding in A.I. cases were identified as major breeding constraints; lack of knowledge about balanced feeding and non availability of cheaper HYV fodder seeds were the most serious feeding constraints; lack of knowledge about weaning, dehorning and castration along with lack of knowledge about cheap and scientific housing were identified as the most serious management constraints; lack of knowledge about diseases, vaccination schedule and deworming were most serious health care constraints; and lack of information about Govt. programmes on animal husbandry and lack of diagnostic facilities were perceived serious miscellaneous constraints. It was found that age, socio economic status, membership of milk co-operative society, trainings attended, extension contact and mass media exposure had negative and significant relationship with the constraints perceived in adoption of buffalo management practices. Veterinary surgeons : constraints and their relationship Use of non descriptive bulls for breeding, lack of diagnostic facilities, delayed reporting of reproductive disorder by the farmers were the most seriously perceived technical constraints; compound feeds are costly to afford, difficulty in purchasing potential animals and non remunerative dairy occupation at small scale were the major financial constraints; lack of rapid diagnostic facilities, inadequate equipment at veterinary hospitals and poor transportation facilities were identified as the major infrastructural constraints; excess of A.I. target, lack of training facilities for farmers and difficulty in conducting demonstration on breeding were the major extension constraints; majority of farmers are illiterate, preference of natural service over A.I. and fear of milk reduction due to vaccination were identified as major social/psychological constraints; lack of subsidy for promoting the use of compound feed and poor interaction between scientists and field staff were identified to be the most serious administrative constraints. It was found that experience, mass meda exposure and attitude towards extension work regarding animal husbandry were negatively and significantly correlated with the overall constraints perceived by veterinary surgeons in transfer of buffalo management practices. VLDAs : constraints and their relationship Lack of diagnostic facilities/equipment, less conception rate of A.I. and delayed reporting of reproductive, disorders were the most serious technical constraints; lack of motivation incentives for working in the field, poor interaction between scientist and field staff and lack of transportation facilities were the major extension constraints; excess of A.I. targets, inadequate supply of medicines and lack of awareness programmes on animal husbandry were seriously perceived administrative constraints; majority of farmer being illiterate and fear of milk reduction due to vaccination were identified as major social/psychological constraints. It was observed that job satisfaction was positively and significantly correlated with the constraints whereas mass media exposure had negative and significant correlation with the overall constraints perceived by VLDAs in transfer of buffalo management practices. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810028932 | |
| dc.keywords | Buffalo management practices, Buffalo owners, Constraints, Veterinary livestock development assistants (VLDAs), Veterinary surgeons | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | LUVAS | en_US |
| dc.sub | Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension Education | en_US |
| dc.theme | Transfer and adoption of buffalo management practices in haryana: A constraints analysis | en_US |
| dc.these.type | M.V.Sc. | en_US |
| dc.title | Transfer and adoption of buffalo management practices in haryana: A constraints analysis | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |