Technological status of dairy farmers regarding recommended dairy practices in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh

Dairy farming has the ability to provide additional income to people in rural areas, particularly landless agricultural labourers and small and marginal farmers with scarce resources. India had conducted pioneering research in the field of dairy farming. India has the world’s largest livestock population. India is continued to remain the largest producer of milk in the world. The investigations took place in the Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh. There are 218 villages in the Panagar block of Jabalpur district, eight of which were chosen for having the most dairy farmers. 140 dairy farmers were chosen using a proportionate random sample approach. The results reported that maximum extent of adoption found in healthcare practices have ranked 1st with mean score value 43.00, followed by feeding practices and management practices have ranked 2^nd with mean score value 32.00, management practices respectively. Minimum extent of adoption observed in breeding practices have ranked 3^rd with mean score value 31.00 and breeding practices have ranked 4^th with mean score value 27.00, respectively. Technological gap of 73.00 per cent was found in “breeding practices followed by feeding practices and management practices technological gap was 68.00 per cent and 69.00 per cent regarding recommended dairy practices respectively. Minimum 57.00 per cent technological gap was observed in healthcare practices. The family size, income of the family, land holding, herd size, milk production, milk consumption, milk sale, information seeking behaviour, extension participation, mass media exposure, economic motivation and risk orientation found to have positive and highly significantly correlated with technological gap. Further, remaining attributes of dairy farmers such as age, education and occupation did not establish significant relationship with technological status of dairy farmers regarding recommended dairy practices.