KNOWLEDGE LEVEL OF GOAT FARMERS OF MAYURBHANJ DISTRICT OF ODISHA, INDIA ON HEALTH CARE AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT

The present investigation was carried out with 240 goat farmers financed under Public Sector Bank (PSB) and Microfinance Institution (MFI) in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha, India, to find out their knowledge on health care and general management. The study revealed that 46.25 %, 37.50 % and 16.25 % of the respondents were having low, medium and high level of knowledge on health care and general management respectively. The socio-economic variables in case of the respondents of the PSB like age, education, livestock possession, land holding and income are positively correlated with knowledge on health care and general management. Only Family size variable was found significantly associated with knowledge on health care and general management. In case of the respondents of the MFI, age, family size, livestock possession and land holding are positively correlated with knowledge on health care and general management. Whereas, the variables like education and income are negatively correlated. No variable was found significantly associated with knowledge on health care and general management in case of MFI respondents.