Issue for October - December 2011 - National Institute of Rural ...
Issue for October - December 2011 - National Institute of Rural ...
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Structural, Functional and Situational Factors Influencing the Privatisation ... 493The functional aspects <strong>of</strong> input agenciesvaried significantly with that <strong>of</strong> AnimalHusbandry department (Table 2). Regular visitsto their clients is one <strong>of</strong> the significant factorswhich culminated in success in providingeffective veterinary services. Out <strong>of</strong> 1500 AIconducted/year 700 calves were born (46.6per cent), which is significantly varying. About90 per cent are organising farmers' groupdiscussions and demonstrations. All the VASsrepresenting the input agencies are gettingrequests from farmers <strong>for</strong> their farm visit andvisiting the dairy farms regularly. All the VASsare organising fertility camps regularly, whichis also used as a plat<strong>for</strong>m <strong>for</strong> their extensionactivities. Most <strong>of</strong> VASs (90 per cent) arerecognising the innovative farmers. The use<strong>of</strong> latest diagnostic techniques was muchhigher (60 per cent) than those <strong>of</strong> Department<strong>of</strong> Animal Husbandry. Timely supply <strong>of</strong> fodderseed and inputs by the VASs was maximum(90 per cent). Only 25 per cent <strong>of</strong> theveterinary doctors are involved in givingtraining to the farmers. They are contributinga little through the articles in variousmagazines, but using AIR/Doordarshan to theirmaximum extent <strong>for</strong> the publicity <strong>of</strong> theirorganisation. Rest <strong>of</strong> the functions likeorganising campaigns, giving special trainingto farmers, recognising innovative farmers,mailing letters to farmers and special contactfarmers' programmes etc., are being done byvery little proportion <strong>of</strong> the input agencieswhich are not pr<strong>of</strong>itable. By observing theabove result it can be concluded that majority<strong>of</strong> the functional aspects, which maximise thepr<strong>of</strong>it to the agency are being taken care <strong>of</strong> bythem.Consultants : The functional dimensions<strong>of</strong> various consultants are given below inTable 3.Table 3 : Functional Aspects <strong>of</strong> the ConsultantsN=10S.No. Functional aspect Frequency %1 Average number <strong>of</strong> cases treated/year 9000/yr —2 Average number <strong>of</strong> health camps conducted/year — —3 Average number <strong>of</strong> A.I conducted — —4 Average number <strong>of</strong> calves born — —5 Farmer group discussions & demonstrations — —6 Contribution to articles 4 407 Visits to farmers' fields on request 10 1008 Arranging <strong>for</strong> timely supply <strong>of</strong> fodder seeds and inputs 2 209 Organising gynaec camps — —10 Giving training to farmers 1 1011 Reorganising innovative farmers 10 10012 Mailing letters to farmers 8 8013 Getting requests from farmers <strong>for</strong> their farm visit 10 10014 Supplying printed in<strong>for</strong>mation material 1 1015 Using latest diagnostic techniques 9 9016 Organising deworming and vaccination camps 8 80Journal <strong>of</strong> <strong>Rural</strong> Development, Vol. 30, No. 4, <strong>October</strong> - <strong>December</strong> : <strong>2011</strong>
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