Knowledge and Adoption of the Respondent about the Livestock Insurance Scheme

Abstract

The present investigation was conducted in Dhariwal block of Gurdaspur district, Punjab. One hundred twenty respondents were selected purposively from 5 villages. The primary data were gathered by the researcher itself through pre-structured interview schedule. Appropriate statistical tools were used to interpret the collected data to draw logical conclusion. The finding inferred that the majority of respondents having low level of adoption towards livestock insurance scheme. And also, it was observed that most of the respondents had medium level of knowledge towards livestock insurance scheme. And age, education, family type, type of house, land holding, occupation, source of information, extension contact and personnel cosmopolite were observed positive and significant correlation with their knowledge level. And age, education, family type, family size, land holding, occupation, annual income, source of information, extension contact, personnel cosmopolite were observed positive and significant co-relation with their adoption level.