Vol. 12, Issue 3 (2023)

Author(s):
Deepak Kumar, Ved Prakash, Anita Kumari Meena, Dheeraj Kumar and Deepak Singh

Abstract:
The study was conducted on the status of housing management practices followed by the dairy farmers in Hadoti region of Rajasthan. The data were collected from randomly selected 225 dairy animal owners through well-structured and pre-tested interview schedule. The study revealed that majority of respondents (60.44%) kept their animals in pucca houses, whereas 37.33 per cent kept in kuccha type of house. Majority (81.33%) of dairy shed attached to farmer’s dwelling. About 49.33% of respondents provided long axis of the dairy animal shed in East-West followed by North-South (40%). Majority (86.22%) of respondents provided a single line of housing system followed by (8.44%) tail to tail system and minority of farmers (5.33%) provided head to head system of housing. Majority (82.22%) of the respondents provided adequate lighting whereas. About 87.11% of respondents provide protection to animals against extreme weather. Majority (53.77%) of respondents maintained medium cleanliness of sheds followed by poor (19.11%), good (18.22%) and only 5.55% maintain excellent cleanliness of sheds. About 80.89% of respondents provided kuccha floor followed by 19.11% pucca (cement concrete) floor. 74.22% of houses with proper wall facilities followed by no wall (25.78%). About 53.78% of respondents provided thatched roof followed by galvanized iron/Asbestos sheets roof (18.22%), cement roof (17.78%) and no roof (17.33%) for their animal’s house. About 50.67% of animal’s house had no drainage system. Majority (48.89%) of the respondents had distant manure pit followed by (36.89%) adjacent and 14.22% not practiced of manure pit in the study area.