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Decision Making Towards Improved Dairy Management Practices By The Tribal Women of Amravati District

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Title Decision Making Towards Improved Dairy Management Practices By The Tribal Women of Amravati District
 
Creator Hagone, V. D.
 
Contributor Basunathe, V. K.
 
Subject Veterinary Extension
Decision Making Towards Improved Dairy Management Practices By The Tribal Women of Amravati District
 
Description The present study entitled „Decision making towards improved dairy management practices by the tribal women of Amravati district‟ was conducted in purposively selected 15 villages from 3 tahsils namely Dharni, Chikhaldara and Achalpur of Amravati district. The data was collected with the help of structured interview schedule from the tribal women having minimum 2 cattle‟s or buffalo‟s, which had considered as respondent. And such 10 respondents from each village i.e. total 150 respondents had been randomly selected for the present study.
Study reveals that a majority of the respondents (75.33%) belonged to the middle age category, were illiterate (41.34%), maximum families (62%) in tribal area of Amaravti district were of medium size, (70%) had medium herd size, (38.33%) belonged to small category of land holding, (65.33%) practicing dairy enterprise had belong to medium category of daily milk production, (74.66%) were belong to medium category of daily milk sale, (80.67%) were belong to medium category of annual income, (81.33%) had belonged to medium category for experience in dairy farming, maximum numbers of respondents (82%) belonged to medium category for information sources utilization, knowledge level maximum respondents (78%) were categorized in medium category, 94 per cent of the respondents willing to undergo training for improved dairy management practices, the most of the respondents (50.66%) belong to producer-consumer category for marketing channel choice, reveals that most of the respondents (70%) were categories under medium category of information needs, 38.66 per cent of respondents lived in nuclear families while 61.33 per cent lived in joint families.
Study reveals that the most of the respondents (43.99%) spent time from 31 to 60 min/ day for the different improved dairy management practices under breeding, feeding, health care, management and marketing activities. Whereas 42.73 per cent spent 1 to 30 min/ day. And 13.33 per cent of respondents spent more than 60 min/day on above activities.
From the present study it has been reveals that the maximum respondents (81.33%) were belong to medium category of decision making, while 9.33 and 9.33 per cent of respondents were belong to low and high category. This shows the most of the respondents involve in decision making towards improved dairy management practices after consultation with other.
Study reveals that variables age, land holding, annual income, experience in dairy farming etc. were positively significant at the 1% degree of freedom while daily milk production was positively significant at 5% degree of freedom. Whereas education and information needs were negatively significant other variables like family size, herd size, daily milk sale, utilization of information sources, utilization of marketing channels, training needs and participation of family member in dairy farming etc. were not show any significance with the decision making toward dairy enterprise by tribal women.
The main constrains faced by respondents included lack of proper training for improved dairy management practices (94.66 %), lack of knowledge (86.66%), inadequate/ non availability of credit (83.33 %), high cost of animals and animal feed, (81.33 %), non-availability of green pasture land and green fodder and water scarcity problem in summer (76.66 %), non-remunerative price of milk and milk products (73.33 %), inadequate veterinary aid (64.66%), lack of transport facilities (57.33 %), non-availability of labour (51.33 %), physical fatigue and drudgery (39.33 %) and social norms and taboos (23.33 %) etc.
 
Date 2017-01-03T16:11:09Z
2017-01-03T16:11:09Z
2012-09-16
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/94251
 
Language en
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher MAFSU