International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2017, Volume : 5, Issue : 1
First page : (171) Last page : (177)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2477
Relationship between Socio-Economic and Psychological Factors of Dairy Farmers with Days Open – A Study in Rural Karnataka
Chandrasekar, G.K., K. Satyanarayan, V. Jagadeeswary and J. Shilpa Shree*
Dept. of Veterinary & Animal Husbandry Extension Education, Veterinary College, Bengaluru
*Corresponding Author E-mail: shilpashreej23@gmail.com
Received: 19.01.2017 | Revised: 27.01.2017 | Accepted: 28.01.2017
ABSTRACT
Dairy farming is one of the important activities among the rural farmers. Days open which is from calving to next conception is normally linked with profitability in dairy cows. The study on relationship between socio-economic and psychological factors of dairy farmers with days open in crossbred cattle was purposively conducted in Bengaluru rural district of Karnataka. Four taluks viz; Devanahalli, Doddaballapur, Hoskote and Nelamangala were randomly selected and a total of 120 respondents were selected for the study. An exploratory research design and multistage random sampling technique was applied for the study and data were collected using a structured interview schedule. The study revealed that majority of the respondents were male (94.00%), middle aged (58.00%), with most (87.50%) of them as literates. More than half of the respondents lived in nuclear family (77.00%) with medium size family (51.67%). Respondents were having high farming experience (46.00%) but had no exposure to formal training. Animal husbandry and Agriculture (93.00%) was found to be their occupation and 50 per cent had low annual income and were marginal land holders (89.00%). Majority (58.00%) of the respondents were not growing any fodder and had medium livestock possession (50.00%) and with 40 per cent securing financial assistance. Majority (69.00%) of the respondents had medium economic motivation, risk orientation (60.00) and information seeking behaviour (71.00%). Among the socio economic variables of the respondents viz. family size, family type, annual income, economic motivation, land holding and education had a positive and significant correlation to the days open in dairy cattle which indicated socioeconomic characteristics had significant effect on adoption of scientific practices. Training programmes on suitable and scientific management practices will help the farmers in increasing production as well as in income generation.
Key words: Crossbred Cattle, Psychological, Socio-economic, Days Open.
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Cite this article: Chandrasekar, G.K., Satyanarayan, K., Jagadeeswary, V. and Shree, J.S., Relationship between Socio-Economic and Psychological Factors of Dairy Farmers with Days Open – A Study in Rural Karnataka, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.5(1): 171-177 (2017). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2477
