Socio-economic Survey of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Maharashtra States of Indian Continent

Abstract

Dairy farming plays a very important role in improving the economy of rural India. The study was conducted to explore the socio-economic profile of dairy farmers and farmers feedback about dairy development project. The survey was conducted to study the education status, family structure, education status and management of animals, different patterns of rearing of dairy animals and status of milk production. Data was collected from the 3000 dairy farmers of three states namely Maharashtra, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh during year 2016 .Concentration of poor farmers was relatively high in Bihar (35.5%), followed by Uttar Pradesh (30.9%) and 16.3% in case of Maharashtra. Average family size show 8.74 members per household in Bihar, 6.76 members in Uttar Pradesh and 6.17 members in Maharashtra. Results revealed that majority of the families were nuclear families. Main source of income was agriculture which includes livestock farming. As regards to the size of land owned, nearly 56% of the landowners were Marginal farmers (owning 0.1 -1 ha of land), 23% were small (1.1-2 ha) landowners while about 12% farmers owned above 2 ha of land. Literacy level was higher among farmers of Maharashtra (71.6%) as compared to Uttar Pradesh (65.8%) and Bihar (65.4%). Majority of the farmers followed mixed cropping system, Maximum number of cows and buffaloes were owned by the farmers of Maharashtra i.e. 3.37 cows and 1.42 buffaloes, followed by Uttar Pradesh (1.60 cows & 1.42 buffaloes) and Bihar (1.75 cows & 0.24 buffaloes).Farmers of Maharashtra owned maximum percentage of crossbred cows (90.97%), followed by Uttar Pradesh (83.4%) and Bihar (75.9%).Maharashtra farmers possessed maximum number of upgraded buffaloes (79.4%), followed by Bihar (55.7%) and Uttar Pradesh (51.5%). In study of average quantity of milk produced by cows was higher among the crossbred cows (10.18 litres), in indigenous cows it was (4.47 litres) and 4.23 liters in Non-Descript cows. The data shows the same pattern of milk produced across the three states with slight variation. In buffaloes, the average quantity of milk produced was observed to be higher among the upgraded buffaloes (8.42 litres) as compared to Non-Descript buffaloes (5.17 litres). Respondents appreciated the fact that due to dairy development project by BAIF their family and social status have increased.

Socio-Economic Profile of the Dairy Farmers: A Study in Rural Urban Interface of Bengaluru

“…It's evident that there was high rate of diversification of crops among dairy sample households. These findings are comparable with similar findings reported by Potdar VV et al [6].…”

“…The cropping pattern followed by dairy sample households in [6] as ragi is the traditional crop and it is eaten as main staple food might have grown by majority of the respondents.…”

“…In the overall category of dairy and non-dairy sample households' landless farmers and marginal farmers dominated followed by small and medium farmers. Thus, marginal farmers category dominates in the total farming community Potdar et al [6]. Reported that majority of farmers (92.30%) were holding small acres of rainfed land followed by medium and large landholding.…”

Assessing the status and needs of dairy farmers in Uttar Pradesh

“…Formats were prepared for collecting the responses from the farmers. Details as of coverage area with other details are as [7] in his study reported majority of respondents were in middle age group. (2020) [7] reported The average size of family in the sample was 7.66 persons with 4.12 male members and 3.53 female www.extensionjournal.com members.…”

“…Details as of coverage area with other details are as [7] in his study reported majority of respondents were in middle age group. (2020) [7] reported The average size of family in the sample was 7.66 persons with 4.12 male members and 3.53 female www.extensionjournal.com members. State-wise differentials shows that on an average there were 8.74 members per household in Bihar, followed by Uttar Pradesh (6.76 members) and Maharashtra (6.17 members).…”