National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
India being the agriculture based country; livestock sector becomes the backbone of the nation’s development in terms of economy and various other sectors as well. Livestock production serves as the main source of employment, income and food for over seventy percent of Indian population and women play the role of the hidden working force behind the establishment of livestock sector. A study was conducted on 160 women dairy farmers of 4 border districts namely Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Taran-Taran and Ferozepur of Punjab to ascertain their participation level in various practices related to dairy farming. A pretested structured questionnaire comprising questions on various livestock management practices was filled during the personal interview with women farmers. Data so collected was analyzed descriptively to draw inference. Majority women (70%) had medium level of participation and factors like age, land holding, farm milk production, herd size and number of animal labourer were found to be inversely correlated with the participation score (p<0.05). Study concluded that women are diversely involved in various dairy farming practices and their role is required to be scientifically strengthened through policies and extension activities.
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