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KNOWLEDGE OF IMPROVED LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY FARMING PRACTICES AMONG TRIBAL WOMEN OF WESTERN GHAT REGION OF NEDUMANGADU TALUK IN THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT
This is a study on the knowledge of improved cattle, goat and poultry farming practices among the tribal women of western ghat region of Nedumangadu taluk in Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala. Members of four Self help groups operating under Kudumbasree in the Cheruppani tribal settlement area wer...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
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J. Vet. Anim. Sci.
2012
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| Online Access: | http://10.26.1.76/ks/005099.pdf |
| Summary: | This is a study on the knowledge of
improved cattle, goat and poultry farming
practices among the tribal women of western
ghat region of Nedumangadu taluk in
Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala.
Members of four Self help groups operating
under Kudumbasree in the Cheruppani tribal
settlement area were studied. An arbitrary
knowledge test was used to measure the
respondents’ knowledge of cattle, goat and
poultry farming. Data were collected through
both questionnaire and interview methods.
Half of the respondents (50%) had medium
knowledge of cattle farming. More number of
respondents fell in the low knowledge
category (32.14%) than the high (17.86%).
Majority of the respondents (69.64%) had
medium knowledge of goat farming. The
number of respondents in the high knowledge
category (21.43%) was more than that of low
(8.93%). As for knowledge of poultry farming,
almost equal number of respondents
belonged to the medium (39.29%) and low
(41.07%) categories. Only a few had high level
of knowledge (19.64%) in poultry farming. Respondents’ knowledge of scientific goat
farming ranked first (0.63) followed by that of
cattle farming (0.53) and poultry farming
(0.48). |
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| Physical Description: | v.43 p.52-55 |