A Report on Cattle Farmers Tendency Towards Artificial Insemination at Narayanganj Sadar Upazilla in Narayanganj District

Abstract

The study was conducted at Narayanganj Sadar Upazilla in Narayanganj District to analyses the tendency of the cattle farmers towards receive Artificial Insemination (A.I) technology in relation with their literacy, farming system, previous experience about cattle farming, problems facing by them to receive the A.I. technology and future of A.I. in Narayanganj Sadar Upazilla, Narayanganj. Data was collected from a questionnaire from 145 farmers during the period of 28th June, 2010 to 25th August, 2010. Results show that only 105 farmers received A.I. technology. Farmers were facing problem like distance of A.I. centre from home, high calf mortality, dystocia, availability of local bulls, low conception rate that make the unwilling to receive the A.I. technology. About 25.9% non-adopting farmers were interested for received A.I. technology, if facilities will provide to them. The future of A.I. technology largely depend establishment of more A.I. points and adequate supply of frozen semen