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Research
1. Role
of veterinarian in rural development of Khed taluka of Maharashtra
state -
Mr. Hrishikesh Shinde, Vaibhav Pawar, Ganesh Ghangale
Vet World. 2008; 1(5): 133-135
Abstract
A study was carried out to determine
the role of veterinarian in rural development in Khed taluka of
Pune district. The survey was carried out in 19 villages of 4
subdivisions of Khed taluka by personnel interview and 210 farmers
were screened. The study revealed that accessibility of
veterinarian for 21.05 % (4) villages was below average, 73.68%
(11) villages were average and 5.26% (1) villages were above
average. The availability of veterinarian for 31.58 (6) villages
was above average and rest 68.42% (13) were below average. The
role in rural development of veterinarian was above average for
21.05% (4) villages, 36.84% (7) villages were average and rest
42.11% (8) villages were below average. The study also showed that
15.79% (3) villages were good, 42.12% (8) villages were average
and 42.12% (8) villages were below average when total ranking of
villages was done by block level veterinary service index.
Keywords:
Veterinarian, Rural Development, Khed Taluka, Farmer, Village,
Veterinary Service.
