Chemical Science Review and Letters ISSN 2278-6783 Chem Sci Rev Lett 2017, 6(22), 995-999 Article CS132048041 995 Research Article Constraints Analysis in Adoption of Improved Dairy Farming Practices in Bundi District of Rajasthan B. L. Dhaka*, G. S. Meena, N. L. Meena, R. K. Bairwa and B. L. Nagar Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Bundi - 323001 Rajasthan (India) Introduction Dairying has been recognized as a remunerative source of income in India. Milk production in India is predominantly the domain of small farmers in mixed farming system. Scientific dairy management helps the farmer to channelize his limited resources to maximize returns from his dairy farm. Dairying has been regarded as one of the activities that could contribute to alleviating the poverty and unemployment especially in the drought prone and rain fed areas. The importance of dairy is lies not only in products but also it brings about significant changes in socio-economic structure of rural economy. In India, dairying is recognized as an instrument for social and economic development. But, unfortunately in spite of several years of planed efforts, the pace of development is not uniform in different parts of the country [1]. The rapid growth of milk production in India has been mainly because of the increase in the number of animals rather than that of improved productivity [2]. The low animal productivity results due to reasons that the farmers do not adopt improved dairy management practices at the desired level. Despite widespread availability, adoption of these technologies in the dairy farming has been relatively sparse so far. In spite of serious efforts made to transfer the scientific dairy management practices to the farmers, various studies indicate that farmers have adopted only 30 percent of the technologies that too by resourceful farmers [3]. The adoption of recommended dairy farming practices, therefore, becomes a pre-requisite for sustained growth and development of dairy farming. But low adoption of modern dairy farming technologies amongst farmers has been identified as one of the main reasons for the low productivity in the country. Unraveling the reasons for the low technology adoption among farmers requires that the factors influencing their decisions to adopt or not to adopt modern production technologies be identified. Realizing the fact present study was undertaken with the objective to gain new insight into constraints faced by farmers in adoption of improved dairy farming practices in Bundi district of Rajasthan. Methodology The study was conducted in Bundi district of Rajasthan. The constraints in adoption of improved dairy farming practices were identified through a pilot study. The intensity of the identified constraints in the actual field situation was measured to prove their validity and find out the extent. In all 250 farmers were interviewed with the help of a Abstract Dairying has been recognized as a remunerative source of income in India. But the productivity of dairy animals is very low. Despite widespread availability, adoption of these technologies in the dairy farming has been relatively sparse so far. The adoption of recommended dairy farming practices, therefore, becomes a pre-requisite for sustained growth and development of dairy farming. But low adoption of modern dairy farming technologies amongst farmers has been identified as one of the main reasons for the low productivity in the country. Realizing the fact present study was undertaken with the objective to gain new insight into constraints in adoption of improved dairy farming practices. The study was conducted in Bundi district of Rajasthan. Results of study showed that lack of knowledge, poor extension support, poor credit support, lack of proper communication system, non-availability of desired technology, complexity of practices, high cost of inputs, and lack of conviction were the major constraints perceived by farmers in adoption of improved dairy farming practices. Keywords: Dairy farming, adoption, technology, constraints, farmer *Correspondence Author: B. L. Dhaka Email: bldhaka@gmail.com