Relationship of Rural Women's Characteristics with their Training Needs in Animal Husbandry Practices

The present study was carried out on relationship of the selected characteristics of rural women with their training needs to animal husbandry practices in Junagadh district of Gujarat state. It was envisaged that the extent of association between two variables (independent and dependent) provided the strength and direction and effects of one variable on the other variable and independent variables, which were included in the study. Attempts were made to ascertain the extent of association between the variables and their direction. The variables like mass media exposure, attitude towards dairy farming and area under fodder crop had positive and significant correlation while age and dairying experience were having negative and significant relationship with the training needs of rural women. The variables viz., caste, family type, family size, land holding, annual income, social participation, herd size and milk production were failed to establish any significant relationship with the training needs of rural women.