Training Needs of Dairy Farm Women and their Multiple Regression Analysis toward Animal Husbandry Practices

Animal husbandry is an integral component of rural farmers in India. It is established that women always participated in animal husbandry activities in addition to the daily household chores. Training is one of the important aspects, which can enhance knowledge, improve skills and change the attitude of farm women. Keeping this in view, the present attempt has been made to analyze the training needs of dairy farm women and their multiple regression analysis in animal husbandry practices. The study was carried out in the Chhotaudepur district of Gujarat State. Data were collected with the help of a pre-tested semi-structured interview schedule on 90 farm women. The study revealed that training was most needed in feeding, breeding, health care and management practices. Further, out of 11 variables, only 2 variables i.e., education and mass media exposure had significant contributions to the training needs of farm women. However, all the 11 variables fitted in the model show a 66.30 per cent contribution to the training needs of farm women.