Socio-Economic Profile and Constraints Faced By Dairy Farmers of Wayanad District, India

Prasad, Kotresh; Savale, Siddhartha; Mahantesh, M.T.; Pavan, M.; Barman, Deepandita; Abraham, John

doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2017.606.102

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“…Furthermore, 51.25% were using the wastes for biogas production and only 6.25% were managing organic wastes by vermicomposting. Similar results were reported by many other studies, namely, Singh and Gupta (2015), Singh et al (2016) and Prasad et al (2017) wherein the organic wastes were not optimally utilized. If we do economic profiling of all the organic waste produced in India as reported by Bhardwaj (2010) using simple mathematics, we will get enormous figures, a snapshot of which is provided in Table 8.…”

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Augmentation of farmers’ income in India through sustainable waste management techniques

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The Government of India has envisaged a journey of doubling farmers’ income till 2022–2023 and envisioned many policy reforms for the same. Farmers in India rely on major farm produce and do not utilize the by-products or wastes emerging from their farms for monetary benefits. Sustainable utilization of agricultural, household and livestock waste have the potential in augmenting farmers’ income significantly which was established by conducting case studies in Ludhiana District of Punjab on three dairy farmers, each pursuing vermicomposting, biogas production and traditional composting. Comparative economic analysis in terms of various costs were worked out for vermicomposting, composting and biogas production. On analysis, it was found that the highest net returns per metric tonne of dung were obtained from vermicomposting (INR 2224.72, USD 29.42), followed by biogas production (INR 536.66, USD 7.10) and composting (INR 45.59, USD 0.60). Net returns from the dung obtained from one cattle equivalent were highest from vermicomposting (INR 11012.34, USD 145.64), followed by biogas production (INR 2656.74, USD 35.14) and composting (INR 225.68, USD 2.98). High profitability was accorded to vermicomposting because it is sold at remunerative prices. The study emphasizes the utilization of wastes through vermicomposting clubbed with biogas production for augmenting farmers’ income.

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“…Dairying in a small scale basis followed by 35.45 per cent and 26.36 per cent of the respondents had lactating animals that produce more than 10 litres and less than 6 litres of milk respectively. Prasad et al, (2017) revealed that the average milk yield of cattle was 66.00 per cent…”

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A Study on Socio-economic Profile of the Dairy Farmers in Central Plain Zone of Uttar Pradesh

Singh¹,

Singh²,

Maji³

2021

Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci

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“…Only 19.6% buffaloes were yielding more than 5.0 liters milk per day in the district. Prasad et al (2017) [10] reported that the average milk yield of cattle was 66.00%. The higher contribution of low and medium yielder buffalo population in comparison to high yielders might be one of the major reasons of low milk production of buffaloes in the district, which had probably been aggravated by poor nutrition and management practices adopted by the respondents for buffaloes in the Katni district.…”

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A survey on socioeconomic status of buffalo rearers in Katni district of Madhya Pradesh

Mishra,

Shrivastava,

Bain

et al. 2024

Int. J. Adv. Biochem. Res.

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Dairy farming plays an important role in improving the economy of farmer in the country. A survey study was conducted to sea the socioeconomic status of farmer, animal status and dairying practices in the periurbon and rural area of Katni district of Madhya Pradesh. Five blocks of Katni district were selected purposively for the survey study. Five villages from each block which possess sufficient cattle and buffalo population had been considered for the study. A total of 500 cattle and buffaloes rearers were selected from the district (20 Farmers from each village). A questionnaire was prepared and data were collected from individual cattle and buffalo owner through personal interview regarding the farmers age, education, land holding, fodder cultivation, herd size and milking practices of buffalo. Survey data revealed that the maximum surveyed respondents were below the age of 50 years and majority of them were either illiterate (23%) or educated up to junior school level. The most of the buffalo rears holding 1-2 hectare of land (35%) fallowed by medium (23%) and marginal (20.6%) farmers holding 2-4 ha and less then 1 ha land respectively. The large farmers holding above 4 ha land was less (13.6%) while landless were only 7.2%. Most of the respondents were not practicing the cultivation of green fodder and animal feeding mostly depends on wheat straw and paddy straw. Respondents occasionally provide common salt and rarely mineral mixture to their animals. Most of the farmers were having up to 10 animals in their houses. Majority of the buffaloes with respondent were medium yielders (49.2%) fallowed by poor (31.2%) and high yielders (19.6%). On the basis of our findings, it can be concluded that less educated, dominant population of low yielding animals, poor feeding and management practices are the main constraint of buffalo raising in the district.

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Socio-Economic Profile and Constraints Faced By Dairy Farmers of Wayanad District, India

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Augmentation of farmers’ income in India through sustainable waste management techniques

Augmentation of farmers’ income in India through sustainable waste management techniques

A Study on Socio-economic Profile of the Dairy Farmers in Central Plain Zone of Uttar Pradesh

A survey on socioeconomic status of buffalo rearers in Katni district of Madhya Pradesh

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