Farmers’ perception towards livestock service delivery of non-governmental organizations in Bihar, India

The present study was undertaken in Bihar state of India to know the perception of livestock farmers towards the role of two non-governmental organizations viz. BAIF and J.K. Trust in delivery of livestock services. Data were collected through pre-tested semi-structured interview schedule from 120 randomly selected livestock farmers. The study revealed that majority of the farmers were middle aged, literate, having medium sized family and possessing marginal land holding with agriculture as primary and animal husbandry as subsidiary occupation. Majority were having medium herd strength with 10 years of farming experience, Rs. 5,001-10000 monthly income and medium level of extension contact, mass media exposure and economic motivation. The study also revealed that majority of the respondents were in agreement with the statements about NGOs like NGOs can play an important role in providing veterinary services, NGOs can play a pivotal role in transfer of technology, government should provide funds to NGOs for providing services through Public-Private-Partnership mode and NGOs should broaden their area of work and in disagreement with the statements like have well developed infrastructure, have sufficient manpower, provides access to various promotional assistance from government, not having trained personnel, not efficient in providing services, does not improve the skill in various aspects of animal husbandry and services are too costly.