Qualifying factors influencing adoption of improved dairy farming practices by the farmers in North Eastern Region of India

Abstract

This study to assess the extent of adoption and its determining factors of improved dairy farming practices by the farmers was conducted in 13 selected districts in the region with 130 sample size from each KVKs adopted and non-adopted villages selected through proportionate random sampling. Data collection from the selected respondents was made with the help of pre-tested structured schedule through personal interview method. The study reveals that majority of the respondents (53.85%) in KVKs adopted villages had medium level of adoption of improved dairy farming practices, while over half of the total respondents (53.08%) in non-adopted villages were found in low adoption level of the same dairy farming practices. Specific recommendations like natural feeding/ grazing and sufficient supply of clean water under feeding practice, providing drainage facilities and milking lactating animals regularly under housing management and deworming and grooming under health care were found adoption by all the respondents (100%) in both categories. The study further shows that out of 13 independent variables under study, only three variables namely; education, farming experience and training received of the two categories of respondents were found having positively significant relationship with their extent of adoption of dairy farming practices. While four variables such as education, type of primary farming activities, training received and extension contact in case of beneficiary farmers and three variables namely; annual income, farming experience and training received in case of non-beneficiary farmers had emerged as the most dominant factors influencing for adoption of improved dairy farming practices.