The Asian Journal of Animal Science

Prakashkumar Rathod ¹, Mahesh Chander ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension Education, Veterinary College (K.V.A.F.S.U.) BIDAR (KARNATAKA), IN
2 Division of Extension Education, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, BAREILLY (U.P.), IN

Abstract

The present study has made an attempt to identify the funding sources for universities to conduct research and extension activities, satisfaction level towards the receipt of these funds and has also highlighted different financial constraints in carrying out research and extension activities in four universities of North India. The study concluded that university or institute fund was the major funding source followed by funding bodies like ICAR, DST, DBT etc. for research and extension activities in the universities. Further, the scientists and extensionists were satisfied with the university and central government funds, while they were partly satisfied with the funding support from patent and copyrights, loans and credits and non-competitive grants for conducting research and extension activities in the universities. The study also revealed that, lack of public private partnership and irregular/untimely budget receipt were the major constraints, followed by paucity of budget and lack of incentives for the research and extension activities. Hence, there is an urgent need to reorient the research and extension system, so that funds can be procured and utilized effectively for the benefit of farming community in livestock sector. Further, to strengthen research and extension of livestock technologies, there is a need to find suitable solutions for the constraints faced by the professionals and simplify the procedure so that they can opt for need based appropriate research and extension activities.

Keywords

Funding Sources, Financial Constraints, Research, Extension, Veterinary Universities, Animal Science Universities.

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Prakashkumar Rathod ¹, Mahesh Chander ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension, Veterinary College, BIDAR (KARNATAKA), IN
2 Division of Extension Education, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, BAREILLY (U.P.), IN

Abstract

The present study was carried out to identify different goals of livestock innovation related activities of four veterinary and animal science universities in North India. Further, the study also made an attempt to know the perceived satisfaction level of the respondents with regards to the activities performed in the universities. The data was collected from scientists and extensionists of four Universities and Institutes in North India through questionnaire and discussion. The study indicated that, majority of the scientists perceived that their university aimed to generate own income and reduce the labour costs and also responded that they were more satisfied with the goal of increasing commodity quality and generate own income compared to other activities. Further, majority of the extension experts perceived that their organization aimed to provide knowledge and information and generate own income, while they also reported that goal of providing knowledge and information and introducing new products or processes was considered more satisfactory than other activities. Although, all the goals of activities were equally important, only few of the activities were highly performed in the universities. Hence, there is a need to analyse the importance of each activities and perform them for suitable impact to the farming community. There is also an urgent need to improve upon the quality of these activities performed in the universities by scientists and extensionists so that farming community can be satisfied accordingly.

Keywords

Scientists, Extension, Livestock Innovations, Livestock Technologies, Veterinary Universities, Animal Science Universities.

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B. L. Balaraju ¹, Prakash Khandekar ², Mahesh Chander ¹, H. Dileep Kumar ¹, Prakashkumar Rathod ¹

Affiliations
1 Division of Extension Education, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly (U.P.), IN
2 Division of LES and EE, National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Adugodi, Bengaluru (Karnataka), IN

Abstract

An ex-post facto and exploratory study was conducted to assess the training needs of small ruminant (sheep and goat) farmers as perceived by them and field veterinarians with a sample size of 120 farmers and 66 field veterinarians in Davangere district of Karnataka state. A semi-structured pre-tested interview schedule was employed for small ruminant farmers and questionnaire for field veterinarians to collect the primary data in the study area. The training needs of small ruminant farmers in major six areas viz., breeding, feeding, health care, housing and management, marketing and finance and products preparation were assessed from the perspective of farmers and veterinarians. Within major areas of small ruminant farming, farmers and veterinarians perceived higher level of training needs in health care followed by feeding and marketing and finance. The study revealed that majority of the field veterinarians' perceived higher extent of training needs for the farmers than farmer themselves. Independent 't' test values depicted that veterinarians perceived higher extent of training needs for farmers in health care, products preparation and housing and management but farmers perceived higher training needs in marketing than field veterinarians.

Keywords

Training Needs, Ruminant Farming, Field Veterinarians.

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