Knowledge and adoption level of livestock owners about management practices under organic animal husbandary system in arid zone of Rajasthan

Abstract

The present paper highlighted knowledge and adoption level of livestock owners about organic animal husbandry management practices in arid region of Rajasthan. The study was conducted in purposively selected Barmer and Bikaner district of Rajasthan. A total of 120 livestock owners were selected from 8 selected villages of 4 tehsils namely Sheo, Chohtan, Lunkaransar and Kolayat. The findings of the study show that livestock owners had highest knowledge and ranked first were found collectively in animal access to free movements, provision of sufficient fresh air and natural daylight, protection against adverse climatic condition, provision of resting/lying area, advantages of weaning, milking at separate place and washing the hand/utensils before milking (mean score 1.00 for each). While the highest adoption were found to access to free movements of animals, provision of sufficient fresh air and natural daylight, protection against adverse climatic condition, provision of bedding material and provision for sufficient resting areawith adoption index 100 and ranked first jointly.