Impact analysis of trainings on goat production technology

Farmers of Alwar district are not following improved practices on goat farming i.e. breeding, feeding, health, management, production etc. which resulted in poor production performance of the goats. The present study underlines the importance of training programmes on goat farming to the rural youth which will help to recognize knowledge gaps in different areas of goat farming. The impact of the training programme on knowledge gained by rural youth was assessed through pre and post knowledge tests with the help of structured schedule. Majority (58.09%) of the trainees belonged to middle age and had higher secondary level education. They had 5–10 members in the family and land holding was less than 2 ha. Pre and post test score showed highly significant gain in knowledge in all 5 training programmes. This study suggested follow up of trainees is also required for better adoption of goat farming technologies.