An Analysis of Socioeconomic Profile of Traditional Animal Husbandry Practices Adopting Farmers of Tamil Nadu

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dc.contributor.authorDevaki, K.
dc.contributor.authorMathialagan, P.
dc.contributor.authorSabarathnam, V.E.
dc.contributor.authorKumaravel, P.
dc.contributor.authorKumaravel, S.M.K.
dc.contributor.authorTANUVAS
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-05T07:39:20Z
dc.date.available2017-09-05T07:39:20Z
dc.date.issued2016-10
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2278-3687
dc.identifier.urihttp://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810030459
dc.keywordsVeterinary Science, Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension, Socioeconomic Profile, Traditional animal husbandry practices, family size, extension agency contact, ethno veterinary practices, social participationen_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.pages3237 – 3244en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries;5
dc.subjectVeterinary Scienceen_US
dc.subjectVeterinary and Animal Husbandry Extensionen_US
dc.titleAn Analysis of Socioeconomic Profile of Traditional Animal Husbandry Practices Adopting Farmers of Tamil Naduen_US
dc.title.alternativeInternational Journal of Science, Environment and Technologyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.volume5en_US
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