Knowledge Based Adoption Practices And Information Oriented Advisoryservices In Livelihood Security Of Small Animal Farmers Under Various Agro-Climatic Zones Of Easternregion Of India

INTRODUCTION: Small animal farming practice plays a pivotal role in livelihood security of small family farmers of rural India as well as in global rural scenario since time immemorial. Realizing the present day challenge, like food and rural livelihood insecurity, Poverty, malnutrition and environmental crisis, scientific orientation for empowering rural small animal based family farmers through knowledge based adoption process and information based rural advisory services are urgently needed under various agro-climatic zones of Eastern India(West Bengal). To formulate the required strategic approach for sustainable vis-à-vis profitable small animal farming practices and to define the role of extension system as well as RASs for empowering these farming communities a vivid study was promulgated in sample small animal farmers of 06 Agro-climatic Zones (ACZ) of Eastern region (West Bengal) of India.