Vol. 12, Special Issue 12 (2023)

Author(s):
Sanket Waigaonkar, Sariput Landge, Vaishali Banthiya and Avinash Kamble

Abstract:
The present study was carried out in all four districts to study the socioeconomic profile and constraints of the members of SHG involved in goat rearing. With 60 goat farmers involved in goat rearing from each district a total of 240 SHG members were studied through pretested interview schedule and observations. Majority percentage of members (66.66%) were from middle age, with an average group size of 11 members, having family size of 3-4 members from nuclear family type (67.08%) with primary education (46.25%) with an annual gross income of Rs.30000-50000/- having marginal landholding, with low herd size, medium extension contacts and moderate mass media exposure (55.41%). Constraints faced by beneficiaries in implementing scientific goat management practices were studied along with general, social and personal constraint. Constraints in implementing in scientific goat management practices revealed that lack of knowledge about balanced feeding in feeding constraints, lack of knowledge about prevalent common diseases in health care constraints, inadequate availability of breeding buck in breeding and middleman not providing remunerative prices in marketing constraints were the major constraints faced by SHG members in implementing scientific goat management practices.