Adoption, learning and enhancement of knowledge of dairy farming practices: An impact assessment

Agriculture in varied forms is practiced as mixed farming in combination with livestock which has, so far, been supplementing farmers income tremendously. To enhance the productivity of milk further, training and development of trainees are extremely pivotal. This paper discusses the comprehensive feedback of 270 ex-trainees who had participated in the 15 days specialized training at 8 different dairy training extension centers, which was studied through a structured interview schedule, perception survey and likert scale, etc. Before the collection of data, the interview schedule was pre-tested. After participating in the said training, majority of the respondents witnessed an excellent level of gain in knowledge regarding various dairy farming practices, for instance, had adopted production of clean milk techniques (78.51%), balanced feeding (75.18%) and deworming (72.59%), and had also exhibited good level of retention of knowledge of dairy practices. About half of the respondents were highly satisfied with the management of the training and, the timings of the training were well managed by the trainers.