STUDY ON STATUS AND CONSTRAINTS OF GOAT REARING IN AND AROUND OF RANCHI DISTRICT
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Date
2014
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Birsa Agricultural University, Kanke, Ranchi, Jharkhand
Abstract
In Jharkhand the rural families are dependent on natural resources
like land, water, livestock and forests for generating employment and for
their livelihood. Among the livestock, goats play a significant role and are
well distributed among landless and marginal land holders.
Keeping in view the importance of goat in the economic upliftment of
poor farmers of Jharkhand state and particularly in Ranchi district, the
present study is planned to have an exhaustive study of the existing goat
farming practice of goat farmer of Ranchi district and also to fill the gap
between the existing practices and the recommendation scientific practices.
OBJECTIVES:
1. To study the socio-personal and socio-economic characteristics of
respondent.
2. To study the existing goat farming practices of goat farmer viz.
breeding, feeding, management & disease control.
3. To study the knowledge level of farmers about improved goat
farming practices.
4. To study the adoption of improved goat farming practices.
5. To study the relationship between socio-personal and socioeconomic
variables with adoption & knowledge by the respondent.
6. Constraints experienced by farmers in goat farming.
Out of the 24 blocks of Ranchi district, three blocks namely, Kanke,
Ormanjhi, and Ratu were selected randomly for the study.
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10 farmers having at least two or more goat from each village were
selected randomly. Thus 50 farmers each from one block were selected and
finally a total of 150 farmers were selected randomly for the present study
The data was collected on the pre-structured interview schedule by personal
interview method from all the selected respondents.
The collected data were tabulated and analyzed by using appropriate
statistical tools.
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STUDY ON STATUS AND CONSTRAINTS OF GOAT REARING IN AND AROUND OF RANCHI DISTRICT
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