An Analysis of Socioeconomic Profile of Traditional Animal Husbandry Practices Adopting Farmers of Tamil Nadu
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2016-10
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The study was conducted in Tirunelveli, Namakkal, Vellore and Thiruppur
districts of Tamil Nadu during 2015 to investigate socioeconomic profiles of traditional
animal husbandry practicing farmers. Primary data was collected through structured
interview schedule using a sample size of 240 allocating to eight tehsils selected purposively,
each comprising two villages selected on the basis of proportionate sampling technique. More
than one-half of the respondents belonged to old age at the time of enquiry. Majority (77.50
per cent) of the traditional animal husbandry farmers were males. Nearly one-half of the
farmers had primary level of education and more than one-half of the respondents belonged
to medium income group and maintained joint family (69.60 per cent).The respondents
maintained moderate number of livestock units (51.30 per cent) and had medium level of
experience in livestock farming (48.30 per cent). Majority of the ITK farmers were associated
with agricultural sector and medium farmer category.
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Veterinary Science, Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension