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<title><b>Impact of KVK on transferring knowledge about the scientific animal husbandry practices among the tribal farmers of </b><b>Panchmahal district in central Gujarat</b></title>
<authors>B. S. Khadda, Kanak Lata, Raj Kumar and J. K. Jadav  </authors>
<keywords>Animal husbandry, training, tribal farmers, knowledge</keywords>
<pages>1-3</pages>
<issue_number> 2 (1)</issue_number>
<issue_period>January, 2018</issue_period>
<abstract>Impact of KVK on transferring knowledge among tribal farmers on animal husbandry practices in Panchmahal district of central Gujarat was undertaken by the ICAR-KVK, Panchmahal to improve the knowledge of improved animal husbandry practices among the tribal farmer of the district and to create awareness regarding the efficient technologies through various efficient extension tools. Random sampling technique was applied to draw the samples of 60 farmers from four villages of Kalol and Jambughoda Tehsil of Panchmahal district. Accordingly strategies of technological intervention were made regularly during the period of study. In adopted villages, KVK, Panchmahal organized several activities like as animal health camps, training programmes, advisory services and FLDs on different aspects of animal husbandry. The results of the study revealed that the average means score of knowledge before and after were recorded 1.18 and 2.24, respectively. The overall 97.71% increase in knowledge on various aspects of animal husbandry after intervention of Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Panchmahal. Based on the study it may be concluded that the overall improvement in the knowledge of the tribal farmers with respect to adoption of animal husbandry technologies would be possible through the demonstration of efficient technologies needed for healthy livestock rearing which had not only created awareness but also improved the knowledge and attitude of tribal farmers in relation to scientific animal husbandry practices.</abstract>
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