Training need assessment of general management for livestock and poultry farmers of Baksa district of Assam

The present study was carried out in five blocks of Baksa district of Assam with the objective to assess the training needs on managemental strategies for livestock and poultry farmers of the district. For exploring the critical areas, different presumptive training needs on several topics were incorporated into an interview schedule in local language among 240 farmers selected randomly. The study depicted that more male farmers were engaged in livestock farming activities which warns the need for creating awareness and attract women and empower them to participate in livestock and poultry farming. Majority of the farmers (52.08%) belonged to middle age group (30–39 yr) with high school level education having small farm holding (1 -2 ha) were involved in livestock and poultry farming. The training need index (TNI) of the livestock and poultry farmers was highest for special care during pregnancy/calving followed by regular cleaning of farm premises. The study revealed that there was need to reorient the training programs and also to increase the number of training programmes for reducing the knowledge gap and gap on adopting technologies among the livestock farmers of the district.