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Oct 10, 2019DOI:
10.4314/jae.v23i4.2Keywords:
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Training Needs of Women Dairy Farmersin AL Saniya District, AL Qadisyah Province, Iraq
Abstract
The study examined the training needs of women dairy farmers in AL Qadisyah Province, Iraq. A sample of 125 farm women was selected through random sampling. Face-to-face interviews with a structured questionnaire were used to collect data. Respondents had medium level of training needs on some dairy farming practices. Health care was the most preferred training aspect of women dairy farmers followed by feeding, clean milk production, breeding and marketing, while care and management of milking animals, disease prevention, feeding of milk animals, and preparation of milk products the most preferred training sub aspect. The study recommends that improved dairy farming practices should be diffuse through training and women dairy farmers should be encourage to apply the training in their dairy farms.
Keywords: Dairy cow, Livestock farmers, Milk production, Training need
