Kenguri Sheep Farmers Socio-economic Status under Intensive Rearing System in Yadgir, Karnataka

Author: Kanakaraja M.G., Sagar M., Chitra Juniwal, Syeda Nelofer Afnan, E.N. Reddy and Kartik

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Abstract

The prominent socio-economic issues of farmers rearing Kenguri sheep were analyzed during the survey in Yadgir district of Karnataka state. Total of 20 intensive sheep farmers were assessed in the entire research by assessor. The major sheep farmers are middle aged (45.00%) under age group pattern. With respect to education and its level, (80.00%) of farmers were literals and (43.75%) of them had primary education. Sheep farming (45.00%) was the main occupation of farmers and agriculture and allied activities (55.00%) were the major sub-occupation types. Nuclear type of family (65.00%) having small family size (55.00%) was dominant among the sheep farmers. Sheep farmers had medium overall farming experience (55.00%) and sheep rearing experience (40.00%) under farming experience domain. Most of the sheep farmers had large land holdings (65.00%) and their social participation was duly noticed as one organizational activity (65.00%). This type of experiment is useful for the rural farmers to know about their social and economic perspectives of farming life in further days to shape up their status.

Keywords

Kenguri sheep farmers, Socio-economic issues, intensive sheep farming, occupation, farming experience, land holding

Conclusion

By this work we may conclude that, there is an increasing need to encourage more and more educated young people to get involved in sheep farming because of the growing demand for mutton, which makes it necessary to improvise in sheep rearing by implementing cutting-edge technology. It was clear that implementing scientific sheep management techniques and heeding veterinarians' recommendations about medical care would reduce the percentage of sheep mortality and enhance the financial well-being of shepherds.

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How to cite this article

Kanakaraja M.G., Sagar M., Chitra Juniwal, Syeda Nelofer Afnan, E.N. Reddy and Kartik (2024). Kenguri Sheep Farmers Socio-economic Status under Intensive Rearing System in Yadgir, Karnataka. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 16(2): 94-97.