A STUDY ON AWARENESS OF WOMEN LIVESTOCK FARMERS ON LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

An ex-post-facto research was conducted to study the awareness of women livestock farmers on livestock management practices by administering a pretested structured interview schedule. The results revealed that farm women are more aware of practices like deworming, vaccination, housing and balanced feed. The research recommended a focus on conducting awareness programmes on teat dips, record keeping, enrichment of paddy straw and hydroponics as the urgent need for improvement of milk production and thus for the development of dairy women