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Research
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Training needs of dairy farmers in Nagpur district -
A. P. Patil, S. H. Gawande, M. R. Gobade and M. P. Nande
Vet World. 2009; 2(5): 187-190
Abstract
The present
study was carried out to analyse the training needs of dairy
farmers in Nagpur district. The study was conducted in 15
villages from 3 talukas of Nagpur district by personally
interviewing 225 respondent farmers. Here, majority of the dairy
farmers (62.67%) had perceived their training need as the most
important in health care and disease prevention whereas 22.22%
expressed it as important while 15.11% respondents as not
important. As regards information about care and management of
animals, most of the respondents (50.67%) opined their training
need as the most important, 26.22% of the respondents as
important while 23.11% expressed it as not important. In
reference to breeding and management, majority of the
respondents (41.33%) expressed their training need as the most
important, 32.00% respondents as important whereas 26.67%
respondents as not important. Majority of the respondents
(54.67%) conveyed their opinion regarding training need about
feeding and management of animals as the most important followed
by 24.00% of the respondents as important while 23.11%
respondents as not important. In the context of training needs
about clean milk production, majority of the respondents i.e.
37.3% opined it as the most important, 29.78% as important while
32.89% of the respondents as not important.
Keywords:
Training needs, Dairy farmers, Nagpur district, Animal
management practices.
