Socio-behavioural attributes regarding detection of milk adulteration in Barnala district of Punjab

The study was undertaken in Dhaner village of Barnala district of Punjab in which beneficiary farmers were selected for investigating their socio-behavioural attributes regarding detection of milk adulteration. The results elucidated that the mean age of farmers was 44.16 yrs, majority of the farmers were functionally literate whereby able to read and write Punjabi, had both agriculture and dairying as their occupation with mean land holding of 2.75 ha and herd size of 5.16 animals. Majority of farmers were having high level of perception and medium level of knowledge regarding detection of milk adulteration. There was a wide range of constraints which were analyzed using Garrett's Ranking Technique. Relational analysis suggested that perception varied significantly (p<0.05) with experience in dairy farming, herd size and per animal milk production. In case of knowledge, significant relationship (p<0.05) was established between age, education, experience in dairy farming, herd size and per animal milk production. The study concluded that detection of milk adulteration is not only vital for consumers but for producers as well for quality assurance. For building capacities of the farmers regarding detection of adulteration, multifarious extension activities may be carried out.