Socio- Economic Status of the Sheep and Goat Farmers in Sundarban, West Bengal

Dhara, Keshab Chandra; Moitra, Nilendu; Misra, S. K.; Ghosh, Supriyo; Bose, Sayantani; Poddar, Kaustav

doi:10.5455/ijlr.20190710050419

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“…The major constraints faced by goat farmers with respect to health care were lack of veterinary services, ignorance about the importance of vaccination and deworming (Mamta kumawat et al 2017). The strategic control and eradication of economically important diseases will result in enhancing goat production (Dhara et al 2019).…”

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Socio-economic status of goat farmers in Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh

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et al. 2021

Indian J of Anim Sci

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Goat rearing is an important source of livelihood particularly for landless labourers and marginal farmers across the country. Evidence has shown that majority of goat farmers belonged to landless and marginal categories. Majority of goat farmers' annual income was between ` 10,001 to 20,000 and only 5% of farmers had an annual income of more than ` 50,000. Study also reveals that about 68% goats kept by farmers were from non-descript breed followed by Black Bengal (27%). Beside this nearly 14% of goat farmers were getting veterinary aid from government veterinary hospital while 86% of goat farmers were dependent on either private veterinarian or home remedies. Moreover, about 42% farmers were having hut type of houses for goat rearing. In the light of the results obtained it can be concluded that the production potential of goats could be enhanced with the introduction of superior technologies as well as improved practices which would help the farmers to contribute meaningfully to meet the needs of the family members and also improve the socioeconomic status of goat farmers.

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Socio-economic status of goat farmers in Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh

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“…Animal Husbandry plays a very crucial role in the rural economy [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. It has a significant contribution to our country's GDP.…”

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A Study on Socio-economic Condition of Sheep Rearers of District Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand

Rawat

Kumar

2021

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Background: Uttarakhand is a hilly state and a very little land is under cultivation but animal husbandry appears to be a good source of livelihood for farmers and sheep rearing is one of the major components of animal husbandry in Uttarakhand which help farmers to run their life. Sheep rearing is very much prevailing in hilly regions of the State. Aim: To find the socio-economic condition of the rearers. Methodology: A study was conducted in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand. A total of 80 rearers were selected randomly from the Bhatwari block of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand and a pre structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the rearers. Respondents were classified into three categories on the basis of number of sheep viz. small (having less than 50 sheep), medium (between 50-100 sheep), and large (more than 100 sheep). Results: Study showed that small rearers have 46.86 average numbers of sheep whereas medium size rearers have 73.88 and large rearers have 258.52 average numbers of sheep. Out of which number of Ram were lowest. Most of the rearers were from 35-50 years of age group. 48.74 % of rearers had completed their primary education and 14.11% of rearers were illiterate. Majority of rearers (i.e., 68.75) were engaged with two occupations. On an average 57.48 % of rearers were OBCs (Other backward class) and 29.99 % were from tribal community(i.e.,Bhotiya). The average income of small, medium and large farm group is ₹53,440, ₹89,627 ₹1,96,802 respectively. Conclusion: It was concluded that there is need to eradicate the lack of awareness about the new technologies and educate the rearers about more efficient way of sheep rearing. With this women participation and youth should also be encouraged to involve in sheep rearing.

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