Training Need of the Farm Women in Dairy Farming

The present study on training needs of farm women in dairy farming was undertaken in Kalmeshwar Tahsil of Nagpur district of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra state with sample size of 100 dairy farm women from 15 villages. Here, in case of animal health and disease control precautions great majority of the respondents expressed their need for having training in vaccination of animals i.e. availability of vaccines (85.00%), which vaccine should to be given (84.00%) and time of vaccination (82.00%).Whereas, the majority of the respondents (80.00%) opined their need for training in feeding and care of improved breed, followed by feeding of pregnant cows/buffalos (78.00%), preparation of balanced diet (75.00%), production of good quality fodder (65.00%),information about milk storage. Very few respondents expressed their need for training in heat detection (04.00%).