Cattle owners and their extent of knowledge about individual animal husbandry practices

The present study was carried in Sehore district of Madhya Pradesh during 2011–12 to ascertain knowledge level of improved animal husbandry practices among 300 dairymen of ten villages. Ten dairymen of each category namely small farmers, marginal farmers and agricultural labourers were selected from each village and their knowledge level about all the broad aspects of improved animal husbandry practices were tested. The study reveals that majority of dairymen possessed medium level of knowledge (70%) followed by low level (17.34%) and high level of knowledge (12.66%). Agricultural labourers were found to have low level of knowledge about improved animal husbandry practices while small farmers possessed more knowledge as compared to marginal farmers. Correlation analysis further highlights that age, education, socio-economic status, income, training undergone and extension contact had significant relationship with knowledge level of different categories of dairymen.