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- Responsiveness of Dairy Research in Generating Improved Dairy Practices in West Shewa Zone of Oromia, Ethiopia
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1 Department of Rural Development and Agricultural Extension, Ambo University, AMBO, ET
2 National Dairy Research Institute, KARNAL (HARYANA), IN
1 Department of Rural Development and Agricultural Extension, Ambo University, AMBO, ET
2 National Dairy Research Institute, KARNAL (HARYANA), IN
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Research Journal of Animal Husbandry & Dairy Science, Vol 7, No 1 (2016), Pagination: 39-46Abstract
Dairy research has been undertaking since 1960s in Ethiopia. However, the majority of the farmers still continue to adopt traditional dairy practices. This study was made to look into the current status of dairy research in generating responsive improved dairy practices. To achieve the objective of the study, cross sectional survey was employed using 50 researchers in the area of livestock sector. A systematic sampling technique was employed to identify the sample respondents. Holistically, to capture all the relevant information, mixed methods such as focus group discussion, key informant interview, questionnaire and observation were used for data collection. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, content analysis and ranking. The study clearly indicated that the improved dairy practices generation process of the study area was less responsive mainly due to lack of clear dairy research strategy. Evidently, low dairy productivity and low level use of improved dairy practices are the key indicators. Likewise, inadequate laboratory equipments, inadequate laboratory facility (building) and inadequate budget support were the central constraints of the dairy research in order of their importance. Generally, in the dairy research efforts of several decades, the numbers of generated, disseminated and adopted improved dairy practices were not worth mentioning. It necessitates formulation of dairy research strategy that leads to the generation of responsive improved dairy practices which, in turn, brings significant impact on the dairy development.Keywords
Dairy Research, Improved Dairy Practices, Livestock, Responsive.
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- Tracking the Disparities in Gujarat Dairy Development – An Application of Biplot Analysis
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Darshnaben P. Mahida
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R. Sendhil
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Smita Sirohi
1,
B. S. Chandel
1,
K. Ponnusamy
1,
Gopal Sankhala
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1 ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal 132 001, IN
2 ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal 132 001, IN
1 ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal 132 001, IN
2 ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal 132 001, IN
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Current Science, Vol 114, No 10 (2018), Pagination: 2151-2155Abstract
Gujarat, despite being a highly progressive state of India in terms of dairying, has great potential to enhance its milk production and make dairying a more lucrative enterprise. It is home to many high quality dairy animal breeds and has a very active milk cooperative structure which can accelerate the possibilities of uplifting the level of milk production further, if proper and balanced micro level development policies are promoted. The present study depicts the causes for disparities besides analysing the strengths and weaknesses in dairying across 26 districts in Gujarat. To identify and capture the variation in resource use which causes disparities in dairy development, the principal component analysis-based biplot technique was employed. Data on different variables like resource availability, infrastructure and veterinary facilities, and, milking animals and their yields have been sourced from 26 districts of Gujarat for tracing the disparity. The conclusions drawn from the biplot imply that promoting the quality of animal breeds and increasing the population of high yielding cattle breeds in low-developed districts can lead to high milk production. In the setting of increased milk production, the cooperative milk marketing structure will become more dynamic and result in enhanced income for dairy producers.Keywords
Biplot, Eigen Value, Gujarat Dairy Development, PCA, Regional Disparity.Full Text
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