Vol. 11, Special Issue 4 (2022)

Author(s):
Awate S, Biradar SC, Vivek MP, Waghmare P, Prakash KR, Ananth RD, Shrikanth D and Ashwini K

Abstract:
The present study was conducted to document the existing socio economic characteristics of buffalo owners in Kalaburagi district of Karnataka. A total of 90 buffalo farmers, 45 from each taluqa were randomly selected for survey. The study revealed that 63% of farmers were middle aged, 89% were literate with some educational background, 91% of the respondents had adequate land of more than 2.5 acres, 64% of them were in small family sized of four members, 84% of them belonged to nuclear family, 78% of the respondents came from OBC caste, 72% depended on TV/Radio for mass media knowledge, 68% of the farmers kept small herd size of one to three buffaloes and 75% kept non-descript buffaloes in their day to day vocation.