Measurement of knowledge of beneficiaries about backyard poultry farming practices

Poultry farming is a viable activity and has got immense scope for growth in India. Poultry is making a significant contribution to improve the economy of rural and urban population. The present study has been aimed to measure knowledge of beneficiaries about Backyard poultry farming practices. The present investigation was conducted in the justification of SKNAU Jobner Jaipur Rajasthan. Jaipur district was purposively selected for the study purpose because maximum number i.e. 120 farmers were benefited from this district.Out of a total 120 beneficiaries from Jaipur district, 80 beneficiaries were selected randomly for the study purpose.The data were collected with the help of personal interview technique through a suitable well-structured interview schedule for measuring knowledge of beneficiaries for measuring the knowledge level of respond deaths, a knowledge Index was developed & score “1” was awarded for “yes” answer & “o” for “No” answer The study concludes that majority of the beneficiaries i.e. 70.00 per cent belonged to middle level of knowledge, followed by high level of knowledge (21.30 per cent) and only 8.80 per cent beneficiaries were having low level of knowledge.Poultry beneficiaries showed a high level of knowledge about poultry farming practices on Housing (68.83 MPS), Feeding and Watering (64.50 MPS), Breeds and Breeding (56.02 MPS),Health care (54.47 MPS) and Marketing (53.29 MPS).