image

Content

image

Type : Other Article

Extent of Adoption of Low-cost Technologies of Animal Husbandry by Tribal Dairy Farm women

J. V. Prajapati, J. B. Patel and P. M. Bhatt

Abstract

The present study was conducted in five tribal talukas of Vadodara district in Gujarat State. Important and relevant no-cost and low-cost animal husbandry technologies in six major areas i.e housing and general management, feeding and watering, calf rearing, breeding, clean milk production and health care were selected for the study . With the help of random sampling method three villages were selected from each selected tribal taluka. From each selected village, ten tribal dairy women members were randomly selected which constituted a total sample size of 150.The independent variables viz; Size of family, land holding, herd size, annual income, extension contact, mass media exposure, innovation proneness, scientific orientation, economic motivation, and knowledge had positive and highly significant correlation with adoption of tribal dairy farmwomen, whereas, experience in dairy farming had negative but significant correlation with adoption. Age of dairy farmwomen had negative and non-significant correlation with adoption, whereas, education of dairy farmwomen had positive and nonsignificant correlation with adoption of no-cost and low-cost technology of animal husbandry

Keyword: No-cost, Low-cost animal husbandry technologies, Tribal dairy women

Full Text