Devi Singh Rajput and Hema Tripathi1
Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension,
College of Veterinary & Animal Science, Navania, Vallabhnagar, Udaipur (Rajasthan), India
1Senior Scientist, IVRI, Izatnagar, Bareilly (UP), India
ABSTRACT
A total of 60 Raika pastoralists families owning camels were randomly selected from 4 purposively selected villages of Bikaner district. The quantitative and qualitative data were collected through structured interview schedule, observation and discussion. The finding revealed that majority of camel owners belonged to low socio economic status, medium level of family education status and large land holding with joint ownership of land and camel herd among family members. Although agriculture was found to be their major family occupation, however, all the Raika families were engaged in camel husbandry as one of their major source of family income. Sheep, goat and cattle were other common livestock species which they reared. Buffalo were found in negligible number among pastoralists. The average size of camel herd maintaining by selected families was 6.65. Majority of them had traditional type of equipments for camel management and utilised non-institutional source as compared to institutional and mass media sources for getting information related to camel husbandry.
Key words: Camel, Raika pastoralists, Rajasthan, socio-economic profile
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