Year: 2022 | Month: August | 12 | 4
Socio-economic Characteristics of Goat Rearing Farmers in Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh
K. Srinivasa Reddy
A. Anitha
S. Jagadeeswara Rao
K. Sudhakar
DOI:10.30954/2277-940X.04.2022.12
Abstract:
In a field study covering 240 farmers spread over 60 villages in 15 mandals, data were collected on socio-economic characteristics of goat rearing farmers. Majority of goat rearers belonged to backward castes (59.17%) followed by scheduled tribes (17.50%), other castes (12.50%) and scheduled castes (10.83%). Most of the goat keepers belonged to Hindu religion. Majority of respondents belonged to middle age (62.08%) followed by old age (20%) and young age (17.92%). Majority were illiterate (80.42%) and remaining were low literates (19.58%) with primary education. Majority of the goat rearers (51.25%) were landless people followed by marginal farmers (41.25%) possessing less than 2.5 acres of dry/ rainfed land. Most of the goat rearers (61.25%) had large family size. Majority of goat rearers (53.75%) possessed medium flock size (21-40) followed by large flock i.e. 41-70 goats (31.25%) and small flock less than 20 goats (15%). The overall mean flock size was 37.16 ± 1.34 per farmer. It was significantly (P<0.01) higher in Narasaraopeta division (47.91 ± 2.62) than that in Guntur (34.73 ± 2.03) and Tenali (28.85 ± 1.70) divisions of Guntur district.
Highlights
- Socio- economic profile of goat rearing farmers showed majority belonged to middle age, illiterate and landless with large family size.
- The flock size was higher in Narasaraopeta division of study area.
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