author(s)
Rashmita Saikia, SK Meti, GN Maraddi and Meenakshi Kalita

abstract
The study was carried out in Raichur district of Karnataka during the year 2013-14, with the sample size of 120 youth farm women. The ex-post-facto research design was used for the study. The study revealed that more than half (54.00%) of the youth farm women are having a medium level of adoption for dairy farm enterprise. With respect to cleaning and grooming of the diary animals majority (76.00%) of the respondents were in the full adoption category. Majority 76.00% of the youth farm women did not adopt artificial insemination practices. As for sheep rearing enterprise more than half (52.00%) of the youth farm women were found belonging to the medium adoption category. With regards to vaccination 54.00% of the youth farm women fully adopted vaccination of sheep. Culling of adult stock was not adopted by 62.00% of the respondent With regards to vermicompost enterprise 40.00% of the youth farm women were under the medium adoption category. Use of recommended species of earthworm for vermicompost production was fully adopted by a majority (60.00%) of the respondents. Half (50.00%) did not adopted the practice of construction of ant well.