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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2019, Volume : 7, Issue : 5
First page : (471) Last page : (475)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.7403

Socioeconomic Status in Relation to Adoption Animal Husbandry Practices (AHPs) of Dairy Farmers

Nande M. P.^1*, Kolhe S. R.² and Shirsat S. G.^3
1Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary & A.H. Extension Education,
²Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary & A.H. Extension Education,
³M.V.Sc. Student, Department of Veterinary & A.H. Extension Education,
Krantisinh Nana Patil of College of Veterinary Science, Shirwal
Maharashtra Animal & Fishery Sciences University
*Corresponding Author E-mail: drmilinda@yahoo.co.in
Received: 2.04.2019  |  Revised: 9.05.2019   |  Accepted: 15.05.2019  

 ABSTRACT

The present study conducted on 120 dairy farmers of Western region Maharashtra State. Three districts namely Pune, Sangli and Satara were purposively selected for the study. From each district one block was selected randomly. Four villages were chosen from each block by using simple lottery method. Thus, total 12 villages selected in all. Total 10 dairy farmers selected those having at least one dairy cattle for milk production from each village. Considering the objective, to study on socioeconomic status in relation with adoption Animal Husbandry Practices (AHPs) of dairy farmers. The finding revealed that the Annual Income were highly significant with adoption of AHPs. It is indicated that high annual income of respondents might have help to get more adoption of AHPs. age of dairy cattle owner, education, number of family member, land holding capacity, daily milk production, herd size of animal,  formal and informal source of utilization and mass media exposure  these are found non-significant to AHPs.

Keywords: Socioeconomic Status, Animal Husbandry Practices, Dairy farmers

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Cite this article: Nande, M.P., Kolhe, S.R., & Shirsat, S.G. (2019). Socioeconomic Status in Relation to Adoption Animal Husbandry Practices (AHPs) of Dairy Farmers, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 7(5), 471-475. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.7403