Production services availed by livestock farmers from different service providers in Jaipur district of Rajasthan

Abstract

A study was purposively conducted following exploratory research design in Jaipur district of Rajasthan to assess the status and effectiveness of production services availed by livestock farmers from the livestock service providers. Data were collected from 120 randomly selected livestock farmers through structured interview schedule. Among the production services the paravets were the major source for the artificial insemination services, 90.16 per cent of the livestock farmers utilized. Co-operatives were found major animal production service provider under different categories i.e. concentrate feed (89.28%), mineral mixture (83.92%), training and extension services (53.57%) and supply of fodder seeds and sleeps (35.71%). A moderate percentage of the respondent (20.83%) was access the credit facilities from various commercial and cooperative banks situated in the territory of the livestock farmers. Overall it was concluded that the public department was effective in providing insurance, artificial insemination services and mineral mixture to the livestock farmers with the weighted mean score of 297.00, 292.40 and 272.72, respectively. While co-operatives were found to be effective in credit facilities and training and advisory services weighted mean score of 294.54 and 288.66, respectively. The commercial feed agencies and neighbours were perceived as the effective service provider in supplying concentrate cattle feed and fodder seeds and slips to the livestock farmers, respectively.