A study on constraints faced by the shepherds in migratory production system in Narayanpet district of Telangana, India

Abstract

A study was conducted to analyze constraints faced by the shepherds in migratory production systems in Narayanpet district of Telangana. For the study, 125 shepherds were selected randomly by following the multistage sampling technique. Data was collected from the shepherds using the pre-tested schedule and analysed using Garrett’s ranking technique. Identified constraints were subdivided into breeding, feeding, health care and marketing constraints. The study revealed that non-availability of good breeding rams was the major breeding constraint while scarcity of grazing lands was the severe constraint among feeding constraints. Scarcity of grazing lands and exploitation by middle men are the major constraints among the health care and marketing constraints, respectively.