Not AvailableNTo undertake this study nine trainings of week’s duration
on buffalo husbandry were organized for different types of
respondents in which 254 farmers, entrepreneurs, women and
youth participated. Training needs of different categories of
respondents were worked out. The farmers considered the topics
on heat symptoms in buffaloes and artificial insemination, feeding
and management of lactating animals and mastitis in buffaloes
and its care and management as most important for their training
module. As far as training contents for youth are concerned they
specially desired to include nutrients in concentrate mixture and
importance of reproduction in buffaloes. They also wanted that
half of the time each should be devoted to theory and practicals
respectively. Women evinced keen interest in feeding
requirements of dry, milch and pregnant buffaloes, management
and reproduction of buffaloes during heat and importance of AI
in buffaloes. The entrepreneurs desired that they should be given
information on some new technologies like preparation of mineral
mixture, preparation of complete feed blocks, care and
management of calves for meat production and importance of
reproduction, heat detection and therapeutic control of estrous.
The appropriateness of contents was confirmed when response
was elicited from different categories of respondents in subsequent
training programmes.ot AvailableNot Availabl
