This study was conducted in four adopted villages i.e. Pauri Shahjadpur, Pohpa Burj, Jalal and Barka Nagla of Block Farah, District Mathura, U.P. where “Multi-disciplinary Project on Transfer of Technology for Sustainable Goat Production Systemâ€ of CIRG, Makhdoom is being implemented. There were 50 landless, 77 marginal and 04 small (total 131) goat farmers. All the goat farmers of four adopted villages were purposively selected which formed the sample of the study. The present study was undertaken to assess the factors restraining and helping in adoption of scientific goat farming. The factors restraining in the adoption of scientific goat farming in the adopted villages which were taken into account include lack of grazing land, lack of veterinary services in the adopted villages, non-availability of improved breeding bucks, lack of money, non – availability of medicines, lack of sweet water for drinking, non –availability of vaccination facility against contagious diseases, lack of knowledge about improved goat farming, sometimes goats delay in releasing placenta, lack of knowledge about goat diseases, problems of pre-mature delivery/abortion, delay puberty in goats and distant goat market were perceived by the goat farmers as the factors restraining in adoption of scientific goat rearing. Similarly, provision of availability of veterinary doctor in time, grazing land, providing loan on low rate of interest from the nationalized banks, provision of availability of medicines free of cost , improved breeding bucks on low price, providing facility of vaccination against contagious diseases, providing knowledge about improved goat farming, knowledge about goat diseases, training on scientific goat rearing free of cost, arrangement of sweet water for drinking, provision of remunerative price of goats on selling and goat market and transport facility were suggested by the goat farmers as factors helping in the adoption of scientific goat rearing.

Keyword: Restraining; Adoption; Goat Farming