Management practices are need of rural women involved in animal husbandry activities in Auraiya District of Uttar Pradesh

In present investigation was carried in Auraiya district of Uttar Pradesh. Twelve milk producing villages from Bhagyanagar and Acchalda blocks of Auraiya district were selected randomly and 10 farm women from each village who had minimum 5 years of experience in dairy farming were selected. Thus, a total of 120 dairy farm women were interviewed in the present study. Five major areas of animal husbandry practices i.e., breeding, feeding, fodder production, management and animal health care were identified. The reults revealed that amongst various animal husbandry practices followed at a dairy farm, the participants ranked management practices at number 1 with a mean score of 2.98 followed by breeding practices (2.96), animal health care (2.91), fodder production (2.84) and feeding practices ( 2.54). Therefore, it can be said that while finalizing annual action plan by any agency in the field of dairy husbandry must take into account above area of training needs and include in the training programme for rural women in the district Auraiya of Uttar Pradesh.