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Measurement of Attitude towards the Adoption of Back Yard Poultry Farming in Arunachal Pradesh

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Title Measurement of Attitude towards the Adoption of Back Yard Poultry Farming in Arunachal Pradesh
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Creator M. Kanwat, M.S Meena, P Suresh Kumar, V.K Choudhary and R. Bhagawati
 
Subject Attitude, Backyard poultry, Adoption, West Siang, Arunachal Pradesh
 
Description Research Paper
This study explored the farmers’ attitude towards back yard poultry farming and identified the factors associated with it. An attitude scale consisting of 12 items was developed and administered to 35 back yard poultry farmers of West Siang district in Arunachal Pradesh, India. The results revealed that were majority of the respondents were of medium ag e group and majority of them were literate and had middle and primary level of education and less number of respondents were illiterate, and had medium level of innovativeness. Almost an equal number of respondents practice agriculture as major occupation and lived in joint families. Most of the respondent had good contacts with the KVK’s personnel for receiving knowledge about new technology and interventions. When their attitude was assessed, majority belonged to 'favorable' category and among the independent variables 'family-type' had a negative value with attitude. Based on the findings, implications were drawn for the extension agencies to promote poultry farming as income generating venture in the tribal areas.
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Date 2017-01-13T11:22:24Z
2017-01-13T11:22:24Z
1001-01-01
 
Type Research Paper
 
Identifier 25. Kanwat, M., Meena,M.S., Kumar, P. Suresh, Choudhary, V. K. (2012) Measurement of attitude towards the adoption of backyard poultry farming in Arunachal Pradesh. Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 4 (3): 131-136.
ISSN 1916-9752
E-ISSN 1916-9760
http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/1404
 
Language English
 
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Publisher Journal of Agricultural Science