Society of Extension Education GujaratPublished: Gujarat Journal of Extension Education (P-ISSN: 2322-0678 & E-ISSN: 3048-9946)
Society of Extension Education GujaratAbstract: The present study was undertaken in Banda district of Uttar Pradesh, to know about the existing feeding practices of dairy animals and to assess the effectiveness of PashuPosan app on adoption of scientific feeding practices of respondents in the research area. Out of eight blocks; four blocks namely Badhokharkhurd, Tindwari, Mahua and Naraini have been selected and from each selected block, 30 respondents were selected randomly, thus constituting the sample size of 120 respondents. The results revealed that majority of farmers followed total grazing practice (55.83%), semi stall feeding (31.67%) and stall feeding (10.83%). The total grazing practice were mostly followed for Non-descript and indigenous cattle and semi stall and stall feeding for Buffaloes. The average grazing hours are 6.35 hours in a day. The Lactating and advanced pregnant animals were given relatively more importance in term of balance feeding. Very limited farmers (15.00%) were feeding mineral mixture to their animals and none of the respondent were practiced the silage and hay making. Level of adoption has increased by 22.99 percent and 17.22 percent after exposure to PashuPosan App during year 2021-22 and 2022-23. Inadequate knowledge about balanced feeding, high cost of concentrate, feed and fodder and inadequate knowledge about fodder cultivation were top prioritized constraints as perceived by the farmers with weighted mean score of 58.50, 55.17 and 49.17 respectively. There is need to popularize the ICT tools related to dairy farming in the study area and also a series of awareness programmes, veterinary health camp, farmer scientist interaction, kisanghosthi, group meetings should be organized for better reach of scientific feeding practices among farmers.
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