Agro Ecological or agro climatologically zoning is widely used in India ( Ghosh, 1991, Mehla et al. 1992, Alagh, 1989, Jain and Dhaka, 1993) to assist extension worker, researchers, administrators and others in the process of identifying zone specific or regional problems and to developed programmes to address zone specific constraints. Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) is a methodology that helps in integrating with local communities, understanding them and learning from them. It helps in the process of involvement with local communities for indigenous knowledge-building exercise. The present study was conducted in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh The district is consisted of 15 blocks out of them 10 blocks were selected for the study, in tern of village selection 13 villages were selected from these 10 blocks. The required data were collected with the help of interview schedule, Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA), Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) transact walk techniques was applied. Most of the farmers are keeping good quality crossbred animals which could be said as a specialized livestock farming, the buffalo farming system are more dominating in the district. In many cases it is combination of desi cow with buffalo or desi cow with crossbred or buffalo with crossbred or buffalo with desi cow with crossbred cow. Some farmers, majority of them from resource poor as well as socially and economically weaker sections, maintain either goats or pig, independently or in combination and some times in a limited way with cattle or buffalo systems.

Keyword: Agro Ecological or agro climatologically zoning, Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA)