Profile of farm women about improved dairy husbandry practices

Abstract

The investigation focused on the personal profile of dairy farm women in the jurisdictional area of Jaipur dairy union of Rajasthan state. The data were collected from 120 farm women from two dairy zones Bindayaka and Dudu of Jaipur dairy union. The ex-post facto research design was applied when the independent variables have already acted upon. Different independent variables like age, education, size of land holding, herd size, annual income, extension contact, social participation, dairy cooperative society distance, dairying experience and training exposure were measured and majority of the farm women had moderately perceived about improved dairy husbandry practices. Farm women seem to have gained some confidence in dairy husbandry practices due to the training and marketing support provided by these dairy cooperative societies, but the activities concerning to dairy husbandry production such as training, marketing facilities for dairy products and disease in livestock and reduced prospects of export of livestock products from India may be considered as potential risks coming on the way of expansion of dairy production in the state.