An analysis of dissemination of livestock feed technology: The case of Bihar an eastern Indian state
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An analysis of dissemina.on of livestock feed technology: The case of Bihar in Eastern India Dhiraj Kumar Singh, Braja Swain and Nils Teufel
v Dairy farming in Bihar is a major source of income for small-‐scale and marginal farmers. v There are constraints to effec:ve transforma:on of dairy produc:on from a subsistence-‐oriented to a profitable commercial
venture. v High cost of commercial feed along with low quality of available feed hinders animal produc:vity and limits economic returns
from dairy produc:on. v ILRI’s laboratory analysis indicates quality limita:ons especially in metabolizeable energy and diges:bility of available feed
resources. v To increase availability of quality feed, ILRI has formulated a balanced concentrate feed based on locally available ingredients/
resources in 2011-‐12. v With support from the Cereal Systems Ini:a:ve for South Asia (CSISA) project and in collabora:on with na:onal partners, a series
of training and demonstra:on ac:vi:es was implemented to disseminate this feed technology in CSISA-‐Bihar hub sites. v This study presents the results from the analysis of data on adop:on and dissemina:on of this feed technology.
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v 20% of farmers who have par:cipated in training are using the ILRI-‐CSISA promoted feed compared to 6% of the non-‐par:cipants.
v Among non-‐par:cipant sample farmers, 28% have heard about ILRI-‐CSISA promoted feed. v Neighbors are main source of informa:on about the technology among farmers who did not par:cipate in training, followed by
CSISA project field staff. v Par:cipant farmers have shared the informa:on on how to prepare the ILRI-‐CSISA promoted feed to more than 1200 farmers. v Knowledge of most of farmers on concentrate feed has improved aXer the training. v Improving awareness of this feed technology through training and demonstra:on ac:vi:es will facilitate increased adop:on
among dairy farmers in Bihar.
Dhiraj Kumar Singh Interna:onal Livestock Research Ins:tute (ILRI) [email protected] ● 9th Floor, Aggarwal Corporate Tower, Rajendra Place, New Delhi, India ● +91 11 6621 9320 www.ilri.org Acknowledgements: Funding support from the Cereal System Ini:a:ves in South Asia (CSISA) Project and the Interna:onal Livestock Research Ins:tute (ILRI)
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v Two stage sampling method (stra:fied and random) was followed to select the 360 farm households in two blocks of Smas:pur, Bihar
v Out of 360 surveyed households, 159 par:cipated in training or trials while the others did not. v Data were collected using structured ques:onnaires and processed using SurveyBe soXware. v Descrip:ve sta:s:cal analysis was used to analyze the survey data.
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The results indicate that the rate of adop:on of ILRI-‐CSISA feed technology is low