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Knowledge Level of Tribal Livestock Owners about Different Livestock Management Practices in Banswara Disrtict of Rajasthan

Pankaj Mishra, Devi Singh Rajput, N.K. Sharma and A.K. Jain

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The present study was carried out to assess the knowledge level of tribal livestock owners about different livestock management practice in Banswara district of Rajasthan. The study was conducted in 8 selected villages of two tehsils of Banswara district by personally interviewing120 tribal livestock owners. The study reveals that majority (69.17%) of the respondents had moderate level of overall knowledge followed by low (15.83%) and high knowledge (l5%). It was also found that tribal livestock owners had moderate level of knowledge regarding breeding (62.5%), feeding (84.17%), management (90%) and health care practices (80.83%). The relationship analysis reveals that age of the tribal livestock owners had negative and significant correlation (r= -0.300) with knowledge level of tribal livestock owners at 5 per cent level of significance while education (r=0.445), land holding(r=0.343), membership of milk co-operative society(r=0.234), livestock holding(r=0.851), socio- economic status(r=0.517), mass media exposure(r=0.564), total income(r=0.302) had positive and significant correlation with knowledge level of tribal livestock owners at 5 per cent level of significance and income from animal husbandry (r=0.226) had positive and significant correlation with knowledge level of tribal livestock owners at 1 per cent level of significance.

Keyword: Knowledge; Breeding; Feeding; Management; Health care; Tribal;

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