Vol. 11, Special Issue 2 (2022)

Author(s):
SC Warwadekar, PS Sawant, SA Aher and SJ Khirari

Abstract:
The study was conducted in Ratnagiri districts in South Konkan region of Maharashtra state with the objective to seek suggestions from Livestock Supervisor for augmenting their role performance. The sample constituted 70 Livestock Supervisors drawn from nine tahsils from Ratnagiri district. The respondents were interviewed with the help of a specially designed schedule. The ex-post facto survey design was used for the present study. Major suggestions of the Livestock Supervisors were, (92.85 per cent) ‘the vacant post of L.S.S. should be filled’, while (88.57 per cent) ‘the supporting staff should be filled in order to overcome inadequacy’, (87.14 per cent) ‘the awareness programmes should be undertaken for increasing interest among the farmers for keeping milch as well as draft animals’ and ‘innovative campaigns for encouraging rural youth for entering in the dairy enterprise’, (84.28 per cent) ‘the work should be assigned according to amendments in the act of 1984’, (78.57 per cent) ‘proper maintenance of office building and other infrastructure facility be made available and proper ways of transportation and communication need to be provided’.