Training Needs Assessment of Livestock Farmers of Bihar

SAROJ K RAJAK; PANKAJ KUMAR; PUSPENDRA K SINGH; RAKHI BHARTI

doi:10.21921/jas.v9i02.10129

SAROJ K RAJAK Assistant Professor, Bihar Veterinary College, Patna, Bihar, India
PANKAJ KUMAR Assistant Professor, Bihar Veterinary College, Patna, Bihar, India
PUSPENDRA K SINGH Assistant Professor, Bihar Veterinary College, Patna, Bihar, India
RAKHI BHARTI Ph.D. research scholar, Bihar Veterinary College, Patna, Bihar, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21921/jas.v9i02.10129

Keywords: Agricultural Technology Management Agency, Training need, Animal Breeding, Animal Feeding, Livestock farmer

Abstract

The present study was conducted in four selected districts of Bihar namely Muzaffarpur, Purnea, Bhagalpur and Nalanda. A total of 100 farmers from each district were selected to access the training needs in different animal husbandry areas. The total sample size was 400 farmers. The data were collected by the researcher itself with help of semi-structured interview schedule. The analysis of collected data revealed that in the area of animal breeding majority of respondents (42.75%) opined it as moderately needed topic, in the area of animal feeding majority of respondents (44.75%) opined the topic as moderately needed where as in the area of animal management, majority (47.25%) of respondents opined as highly needed topic. The findings of the study were conclusive of conducting more trainings in the area of Animal husbandry management.