ASSOCIATION OF PROFILE CHARACTERISTICS ON LIVELIHOOD SECURITY OF DAIRY FARMERS

An attempt has been made in this paper to investigate the socio-personal, socio-economic, and socio-psychological profile of dairy farmers in aspirational districts of Bihar during the year 2022. Total 320 farmers were selected from eight blocks namely from selected districts as respondents by using random sampling method. Data were collected through a well-structured interview schedule and data were subjected to appropriate statistical analysis. In this investigation it was found that out of 320 respondents’ majority (41.57%) were in old age group, (28.75%) of them belonged to high school level of education, (35.94%) had 5 to 8 members in their Family, more than half (51.56%) of respondents had low number of livestock holding, (39.06%) dairy farmer had high level of dairy farming experiences, and most (46.88%) of them had medium level of mass media exposure. The majority of milk producers had extension contact with veterinarians followed by para veterinarians and had mass media exposure with television and radio to get information about dairying. It was also found that dairy experience, livestock holding, and land holding were positively and significantly correlated with livelihood security.