A CRITICAL STUDY ON EFFECT OF FLOOD ON LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION IN NORTHERN DISTRICTS OF KARNATAKA
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2022
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KARNATAKA VETERINARY, ANIMAL AND FISHERIES SCIENCES UNIVERSITY, BIDAR-585 401
Abstract
India is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world, affecting overall 85
per cent of Indian land and more than fifty million people. Livestock in particular have
remained highly vulnerable to almost all sort of natural disaster but the most frequent and
vulnerable of all types is the occurrence of flood. The state of Karnataka was hit by severe
floods in year 2019 which left a great impact on people as well as on the livestock. Hence
the study was conducted in Belagavi and Kalaburgi divisions of Karnataka with total
sample size of 320 livestock farmers and 40 Veterinary Officers. “Ex-post-facto” research
design was adopted. The result of the study revealed that, majority of the respondents were
men (69.75%), middle aged (49.69%), had middle school education (23.12%), had medium
family size (38.43%), lived in nuclear family (75.00%), belonged to OBC category
(40.62%) and due to flood there was no damage to animal house occurred (48.75%)
followed by partially collapsed (45.63%) and completely collapsed animal house (5.62%).
Majority of the respondents did not build any new animal house (48.75%), During flood
majority of respondents, used flood water as the source of drinking water (56.25%) and
decrease in crop production due to flood (MS 75.79) was major economic impact perceived
by livestock farmers during flood. Fodder storage and shortage (MS 71.46) was the major
challenge faced by livestock farmers. The major constraint was inadequate financial
resource (MS 65.32). Majority of the respondents had adopted high mitigation measures in
concerned with feeding management (48.44%), health care management (55.63%), and
marketing management (38.44%), whereas medium mitigation measures as far as housing
was concerned (51.25%). Majority of the Veterinary Officers adopted high livestock
management measures (72.50%) during flood. Outbreak of various contagious diseases
(MS 74.15) was major constraint faced by Veterinary Officers during flood