International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development

author(s)
JM Lokare, MP Nande, SR Kolhe, CB Achane, AY Doiphode and SM Bhokare

abstract
The present study entitled Constraints faced by beneficiary goat farmers under Navinya Purna Yojana (NPY) was carried out in western region Maharashtra to know the constraints faced by beneficiary goat farmers. Total 120 beneficiary goat farmers were selected purposively from Pune, Solapur and Satara district of Maharashtra. The data was collected by interview schedule on four point agreement scale. Constraints were categorized under financial, operational, extension support, socio-cultural, and marketing constraints. Initially heavy investment for the construction of the shed and purchase of kids and Unavailability of credit from banks and other financial institutions to support the scheme were main financial constraints. In operational constraints Difficulty in construction of goat shed was main constraint. However, No training provision under NPY and No exposure visit of selected beneficiaries to nearby successful farms were major extension support constraints. As concern to socio-cultural constraints, Rapidly reducing grazing land for goats was major constraints of goat farmers. Whereas, High bargaining of goat prices by middlemen and High transportation costs to distant marketplaces were the main marketing constraints faced by beneficiary goat farmers. It was suggested that the above said most important constraints must be considered for developing remedial package for goat farmers in study area.