1Divisional of Extension, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, 243122, India
2Scientist, ICAR RC for NEH Basar Centre (Arunachal Pradesh)
Online published on 31 August, 2012.
The present study was Gonducted in purposely selected two blocks of West Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh, India and a total of 120 respondents were selected for the study. Study revealed that majority of the respondents (55.84%) were from the middle age group, illiterate; living in joint familiy, and low social participation, mainly engaged in farming activities. More than half of the respondents (55.84%) were small farmers with small herd size and belonged to medium income group. Majority of the respondents were with low extension contact and mass media exposure. Around 62.50% respondents were in the low knowledge level category and obtained highest: score in feeding practices. It was found that feeding practices were highest adopted (57.50%) in the area and the least adoption (12.50%) was recorded in health care practices and overall adoption of different scientific pig rearing practices was meager (36.80%). Majority of respondents experienced the constraints such as lack of good breedable boar (85.83%) in breeding, (87.50%) of the respondents experienced as unavailability of concentrate feeds in feeding, (89.17%) non-availability of the medicines in healthcare, (90.33%) high cost investment in scientific management of animals and in marketirig. Transportation of pigs to other market places was costly (85.33%) for sustainable pig production.
