Study on socio personal, psychological and economic profile of farm women on value addition of milk

The present study was conducted on 100 farm women to assess the impact of training on milk value addition. Recognizing the importance of value addition in enhancing the socio-economic status, decision-making abilities, and entrepreneurial skills of farm women, a series of training programmes were organized by the Division of Livestock Products Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, SKUAST-Jammu. These programmes were implemented across various blocks of the Jammu district under a DST (Government of India) funded project. The findings revealed that the majority of trainee respondents were young, had attained education up to middle school or matriculation, owned marginal landholdings, and lived in nuclear families. Most had medium-sized herds and limited prior experience in dairy farming and milk value addition. However, following the training, 82% of the trainees reported earning a high income from dairying—primarily through the sale of milk and milk products—compared to non-trainees. The study also found that trainee farm women had significantly higher exposure to mass media and more frequent contact with extension services than their non-trainee counterparts.