Constraints perceived by the debbarma tribal women of tripura in livestock enterprises

A study was conducted to identify the constraints perceived by Debbarma tribal women of Tripura in livestock enterprises. The Nalcha development block of Sipahijala district in-habited predominantly Debbarma tribe was purposively selected. Four villages were randomly selected from this block and from each village a total of 25 respondents were selected by snow ball sampling method making the sample size 100.A comprehensive list of key informants was also prepared from the block comprising of village head men, progressive farmers, Panchayat members, progressive leaders and college teachers from Debbarma tribes. A total of 10 key informants were randomly selected from the comprehensive list for this study. Focus group discussions were held among the respondents and key informants separately to identify the constraints perceived by Debbarma tribal women in livestock enterprises. The common constraints were sorted out to make the interview schedule and rank based quotient technique was used to rank the constraints. The findings revealed that the top most rank was accorded to "Nov availability or less availability of open grazing land due to rubber plantation". There was followed by "Feed and feeding related constraints like "less availability of feed and slow growth even after proper feeding". The third rank was received by "Lack of proper transportation and communication system", while the fourth rank was accorded to lack of contact with Animal Resource Department Staff, Veterinary Office and Senior Veterinary office.