Assessing Impact of Training on Socio-Psychological Variables of Buffalo Owners

The present study was conducted to determine the impact of training on social psychological variables of buffalo owners. The study sample constituted 395 respondents who had undergone training at ICAR-Central institute for research on buffaloes during the year 2014–15. The respondents were contacted telephonically to collect data for this study in 2017. It was found that only 88 (22%) trainees established their dairy units of different sizes and they belonged to 73 villages of 10 districts of four states of India. The impact was studied and positive changes were observed in participants ’attitude, knowledge, skills and adoption of improved buffalo husbandry practices.