Training Needs of Tribal Farm Women in relation to Improved Animal Husbandry Practices of Chhotaudepur District of Gujarat

The present investigation was carried out in Chhotaudepur district located in the eastern part of the Gujarat State to assess training needs of tribal farm women in relation to improved animal husbandry practices because this district is an important tribal majority milk pocket. A total of 120 tribal women were selected from twelve selected villages under study. The results revealed that animal health care practice was the most important area and ranked first for the purpose of training (mean weighted score 2.25). The second rank was assigned to the area of management practices with a mean weighted score of 2.13 followed by foundation practices (MWS 2.06), feeding practices (MWS 2.05), fodder production (MWS 2.04), breeding practices(MWS 2.03), marketing and Finance(MWS 2.02), clean milk production(MWS 2.01) and Value addition (MWS 1.84). From the study, it was concluded that it will help the extension agencies to organize the suitable training programmes for the dairy farm women in improved animal husbandry practices to improve their milk production and make the dairying a successful enterprise.