Journal of Community Mobilization and Sustainable Development
  • Year: 2021
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue: 3

Socio-economic Conditions and Constraints Faced by Goat farmers: A Study in Uttarakhand

  • Author:
  • Arpita Sharma1, Naresh Kumar Kandpal2
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Published Online: Feb 17, 2022
  • Page Number: 1033 to 1035

1Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Communication, College of Agriculture, GBPUA&T, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand

2Senior Sub Editor, Hindustan, Uttarakhand

*Corresponding author email id: sharmaarpita615@gmail.com

Online published on 17 February, 2022.

Abstract

Present research investigation was conducted to assess the constraints faced by the goat farmers in Pithoragadh district of Uttarakhand, India. A well designed questionnaire was administered to 50 goat farmers purposively selected from Geethigada and Vid District Pithoragadh of Uttarakhand. The aim of this study was to study the socio-economic condition of goat farmers and to identify critical constraints faced by goat farmers. Data revealed that majority of goat farmers were middle age group, literate and were female. They have less than 1 year experience. They were facing various problems related to breeding, feeding, health management, marketing etc.

Keywords

Constraints, Goat farmers, Socio-economic condition