Training Needs of Dairy Farmers

Abstract

The present study was carried out in Valsad and Surat districts of Gujarat State in 1997, to find out the training needs of dairy farmers in different areas, viz., breeding, feeding, fodder production, management and health and care practices. The areas in which the dairy farmers needed training as the 'most essential' category and which ranked first was animal health and care practice (2.69 overall mean score), as they lacked knowledge and skills in these areas. Dairy farmers also opined that the interval between two successive training programmes should be of one year and it should be conducted during the winter season of December and January through demonstrations and group discussions at agricultural colleges/schools of their locality.