Training Need Assessment of Tribal Farmers in Goat Rearing Practices in Kandhamal District of Odisha

Abstract: Goat rearing had a huge potential to emerge as a very good source of income and employment for the rural people. In spite of having potential of good economic returns, goat farmers do not earn good income from such activities mainly due to lack of training. In order to know the training needs of tribal respondents in areas of goat rearing study was undertaken in Kandhamal district of Odisha. A total no. of 60 respondent was identified from 6 villages for data collection. In goat rearing practices training needs in disease management ranked I, in which training about preventive measures to control disease, information about first aid treatment were top priorities by majority (86% and 82%) of tribal farmers respectively. Followed by housing management where training on different housing parameters (76.7%), floor type and management (70%) were top priorities. "Training Needs Assessment" (TNA) is one such method of determining training needs and identifying what training is required to fill the knowledge gap, so that the present existing situation can be known well and accordingly training need could be identified in concerned areas which will ensure that the training is addressing the actual need of the tribal farmers.

Keywords: Training Need Assessment, Goat, Disease, Housing, Knowledge gap