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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Commercial poultry farming has become one of the viable and proven enterprises all over the world due to its adaptability to varied agro-climatic conditions, low investment per unit, rapid growth rate and short generation interval. Since time immemorial poultry farming has played an important role to meet the domestic as well as socio-cultural needs of the rural people. The present study was conducted in Imphal East and Imphal West District of Manipur, Where were selected purposively on the poultry farmers rearing more than 200 birds’ size and above. Fifty poultry farmers were selected randomly from each district totaling a size of 100 respondents. Total 100 respondents (Poultry farmers) were selected based on proportional random sampling method. The study concluded that majority of the farmers had medium training needs assessment on different aspects of poultry production practices. Age, Family size, Annual average income, Innovation proneness, Attitude toward poultry rearing, Utilization of mass media, Contact with extension staff and Marketing facilities were the important factors which have contributed to the training needs assessment by the poultry farmers.