An
analysis
of
dissemina.on
of
livestock
feed
technology:
The
case
of
Bihar
in
Eastern
India
Dhiraj
Kumar
Singh,
Braja
Swain
and
Nils
Teufel
Introduc:on
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.
The
results
indicate
that
the
rate
of
adop:on
of
ILRI-­‐CSISA
feed
technology
is
low
Pictures
Materials
and
methods
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)
d.singh@cgiar.org
●
9th
Floor,
Aggarwal
Corporate
Tower,
Rajendra
Place,
New
Delhi,
India
●
+91
11
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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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document
is
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2014
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2014
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.
Results
Conclusion