Adoption of Improved Goat keeping Practices in Jalaun District of U.P. Narain Sarju1,*, Rawat Sudhir Kumar2 1Agril. Extension, BNPG College, Rath (Hamirpur) Uttar Pradesh, India 2SMS – Animal Husbandry, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh, India *Corresponding author: drsarju75@gmail.com
Online published on 16 September, 2015. Abstract Goat rearing is the traditional means of sustaining income, employment and family health among rural poorers. Now days goat rearing is emerge as a beneficial business among farmers. The goats are mostly rear in rainfed and undulated areas of country. Among these areas Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh and their district Jalaun is best suited for goat rearing due to their geographical situation. On this background a study regarding ground realities of goat keepers and goat keeping practices was plan during 2014. For this purpose Jalaun district was purposively selected and datas were collected form 120 goat keepers. The findings of the study show that majority of the goat keepers belong to backward class group. The literacy level was found high with average land holding 1.62 h. Goat rearing contribute about 20 percent contribution in total family income. The flock size was about 18 goats among marginal farmers which was just double from small, medium farmers group. The goat keepers having medium adoption level regarding improved practices of goat rearing. Goat keepers were poor in adopting health care hygiene and breeding related knowledge. The association between extent of adoption and attributes of goat keepers were found independent to each other. Top Keywords Adoption, Association, Goat, Practices, Rural, Socio-economic Profile. Top |