Year: 2016 | Month: March | Volume 61 | Issue 1
Evaluating perceived effectiveness of specialized training on pig farming
DOI:10.5958/0976-4666.2016.00003.6
Abstract:
To evaluate the perceived effectiveness of specialized trainings on pig farming, 120 farmers were interviewed with a pre-tested questionnaire before the start and after completion of training. The study revealed that average age of respondents was 30.06 ± 0.90 years and out of which 15% respondents were graduates. Only 3.3% of the farmers belonged to high level knowledge category before training whereas after training 76.75% (P<0.01) of farmers possessed high level knowledge. The awareness perceived by farmers about breeding, feeding and management was significantly (P<0.05) higher after training. About 6.04 ± 0.12 and 19.1 ± 0.10 responses of farmers were found correct pre training and post training, respectively. Age and education also affect knowledge level of farmers about direction and dimensions of shed, feed requirement of lactating sow, common diseases of pigs, vaccination schedule, puberty age of boar where correct responses were significantly higher (P<0.05) for graduate farmers as compared to under matric ones and breeds of pigs, age of gilt at first conception, space requirement and right time for mating a sow where correct responses were significantly higher (P<0.05) for farmers between age group 25-35 years. Therefore, from present study it may be concluded that specialized training is an effective tool to improve the knowledge and understanding of farmers about pig farming.
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