1Department of Animal Breeding, College of Animal Science, CCS HAU, Hisar (Haryana).
2Department of Veterinary Pathology, Dr. G.C. Negi College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, CSK HPKV, Palampur (Himachal Pradesh).
Department of Extension Education, I.C. College of Home Science, CCS Haryana Agril. University, Hisar-125 004, India.
Online published on 5 September, 2012.
Data were collected from 300 Scheduled Caste women to explore need and attributes of poultry farming as perceived by them. Findings revealed that poultry farming was found to be one of the most needed areas among income generating activities. Hundred percent respondents had heard about poultry farming, majority did not have any knowledge or training but were interested to undertake training and start poultry as income generating activity in future. Poultry Farming enterprise was perceived as very easy to understand and use, profitable, observable, physically and culturally most compatible, labour efficient, easily marketable but somewhat risky enterprise by majority of respondents.
Poultry farming, Perceived attributes, Scheduled caste women, Training need
