Abstract
Poultry is very important livelihood component for the rural people. For eff ective and effi cient poultry farming latest technologies are needed. In this regards farmer need to be trained. Past researches revealed that poultry farmers are facing many problems due to lack of information, education on many aspects. Thus, training is necessary to transmit the information and change the behavior of rural people towards poultry farming. Keeping this in view, a study was taken up on Training Need Assessment (TNA) of poultry farmers in poultry rearing practices. Present research study was conducted in GBPUA&T, Pantnagar. Total 120 respondents were selected. Descriptive research design was used. It was observed that majority of farmers were middle age group, educated upto Intermediate level having medium family size and belonged to medium income group. Majority of farmers have medium level poultry farming experiences and medium level of mass media exposure and information seeking behavior. Results also revealed that culling and selection of birds, feeding and watering management, bird, meat and egg marketing, incubation and hatching, fi nance and loan facilities, vaccination and preventive measures are some of the perceived training needs of poultry farmers.
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