Status of Goat Farming Practices, Knowledge and Adoption Status of Technologies in North Konkan Coastal Zone of Maharashtra

The study was conducted in Raigad district of North Konkan Coastal Zone of Maharashtra to know the status of goat farming practices the knowledge and adoption level of technologies learned during training programme by the goat keepers. Out of 542 goat breeds, 73.9 per cent were local and 25.9 per cent were improved. More than 50 per cent respondents followed semistall feeding and providing concentrate feed to goats. The respondents knowledge was found enriched in the management practices like deworming of goats (60%), feeding of colostrums to kids (60%) and use of vaccine like PPR, ET, FMD etc (56.7%). Highest increase in adoption was found in feeding of colostrums to kids (53.3%), deworming of goats (46.7%) and use of mineral mixture and concentrate feed (36.7%). Lack of open fields was the major problem reported by most (60%) of the respondents followed by lack of timely veterinary facility at the village level (50%).