Perception Analysis of Constraints faced by Sheep Farmers in Northern Tamil Nadu

U.Pradheeshwaran; P.Vinothraj; A.Serma Saravana Pandian; S.Selvam

Volume : V, Issue : XI, November - 2015

Perception Analysis of Constraints faced by Sheep Farmers in Northern Tamil Nadu

U. Pradheeshwaran, P. Vinothraj, A. Serma Saravana Pandian, S. Selvam

Abstract :

 Tamil Nadu, the southern most state of India is one of the major contributors of livestock to the nation. It accounts for about 7.9 million nos. during 2007 whereas in 2012 it has reduced nearly half to about 4.78 million nos. In order to ascertain the constraints in sheep production, this study was undertaken in Northern Tamil Nadu. A total of 120 farmers were selected using simple random technique. Garret’s ranking technique was adopted to analyse the problems perceived by the sheep farmers in the study area. On the basis of number of animals reared, sheep farmers were classified as small, medium and large farmers. The results of Garret ranking technique revealed that Scarce fodder resources was considered to be the major production constraint (60.6 per cent) perceived by sheep farmers followed by Availability of labour (49.61 per cent), Disease outeak (52.37 per cent) and Theft (43.26 per cent). Absence of organized marketing agency was perceived to be major marketing constraint (55.64 per cent) followed by Improper pricing for the product (51.78 per cent) and Lack of marketing information (45.76 per cent) by all the sheep famers. Housing facility was not considered as a constraint faced by the sheep farmers.