1Veterinary Asst. Surgeon, Kadaiyanallur, Tamil Nadu
2Assistant Professor, Post Graduate Research in Animal Sciences, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS), Kattupakkam
3Associate Professor and Head, Dept. of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension, Veterinary College and Research Institute (VCRI), Tirunelveli
4Former Dean, VCRI, Tirunelveli
*Corresponding Author’s Email: senthilkumar.k.wls@tanuvas.ac.in
Online Published on 30 June, 2023.
The present study was conducted in Thanjavur and Coimbatore districts of Tamil Nadu, which was purposively selected considering the highest incidence of crop losses due to peacock and parakeet, respectively. In these districts, two villages per district were selected. A total number of 150 farmers (120 HAC affected farmers and 30 HAC unaffected farmers) were identified for the present research work to collect the primary data. Nearly one-half of the farmers possessed medium level of knowledge with regard to various Human Avian Conflict (HAC). It was observed that the mean knowledge scores for human-peafowl conflict, humanparakeet conflict and HAC unaffected farmers were 23.20, 17.75 and 12.75 respectively. Human-peafowl conflict farmers had high knowledge on HAC.
Avian, Birds, Crop, Conflict, Human, Knowledge, Loss
