AWARENESS AND PREPAREDNESS LEVEL OF LIVESTOCK FARMERS DURING FLOOD IN ODISHA, INDIA
Journal Title: International Journal of Agricultural Science and Research (IJASR) - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 1
Abstract
The research work was conducted to study the awareness and preparedness level of livestock farmers during flood with respect to housing, feeding and general management, health care and vaccination, marketing and insurance of livestock. The data was collected through questionnaire containing both open- and close-ended questions from 120 livestock farmers selected randomly from 20 revenue villages of 4 four blocks in Jajpur district of Odisha, India. The data were collected and analyzed by suitable statistical measures like percentage and Pearson Coefficient of Correlation for arriving meaningful conclusion. The study revealed that majority of the livestock farmers (62.5%) construct shed for the livestock high above the river bed as a precautionary measure. 89.2 % of livestock farmers received feed stuff supplied by the Government agencies whereas 61.7 % respondents reported non-provision of clean drinking water for animals during flood. 59.2 % livestock farmers did not stock emergency medicines and 57.5 % envisaged that they sometime get their animals vaccinated before occurrence of flood and 35.8 % respondents always, and 33.3 % sometimes provide veterinary first-aid treatment to their animals. Insurance of livestock is done by only 4.2 % dairy farmers while 82.5% do not go for insurance of their animals. The socio-personal variables like education, farming condition, communication, mass media exposure, social participation and cosmopoliteness were found having positive correlation with the level of preparedness of livestock farmers (p<0.01).
Authors and Affiliations
G. R. MISHRA, B. C. DAS, P. SWAIN, K. K. SARDAR
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