Study on relationship of independent variables with knowledge and awareness level of livestock farmers engaged in IVLP bone crushing units

The present study was aimed at finding out the level of different attributes like adoption, knowledge and awareness of respondents involved in project only in relation to livestock production system as an impact of Institute Village Linkage Programme (IVLP) at Barua village of Paschim Medinipore district of West Bengal. The knowledge of deworming of livestock owners was positively and significantly correlated with the occupation, education, family educational score, family educational status, house, farm power, material possession at 1% level. Knowledge of deworming was not significantly correlated with the age, family type, family size, number of family members, land. .It was found that occupation, education, family educational score, family educational status, house, farm power, material possession, economic status were positively and significantly correlated with the knowledge of Feeding of Green Fodder of the livestock owners at the 1% level. Economic motivation and innovation proneness were positively and significantly correlated at 5% level with the knowledge of feeding concentrate. Family type and land were also positively and significantly correlated with the knowledge of vaccination at the 5%level. All the Communication variables were positively and highly significantly correlated with the knowledge of cultivation of green fodder. Education of the respondent, family educational score, family educational status, house, economic status were negatively and significantly correlated with the awareness on deworming of pig at the 1% level Regarding awareness on deworming of goat, it was also negatively and significantly correlated with the age of respondent’s at5% level and house at 1%level. Type of house was found to be positively and significantly correlated with the awareness on RD. Only land has positive and significant correlation with the awareness on DP at 5% level.