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Dr. Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry, Solan

Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, was established on 1st December, 1985 with the objective to promote education, research and extension education in the fields of Horticulture, Forestry and allied disciplines. Late Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the first Chief Minister and the architect of Himachal Pradesh perceived the importance of Horticulture and Forestry to develop and improve the State economy which led to the establishment of this University. Its history lies in erstwhile Himachal Agricultural College, Solan, established in 1962 and affiliated to the Panjab University. It became one of the campuses of Agriculture Complex of Himachal Pradesh University on its formation in 1970. Consequent upon the establishment of Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya in 1978, this campus became its Horticulture Complex and finally in 1985, assumed the status of a State University, being the only University in the country engaged exclusively in teaching, research and extension in Horticulture and Forestry. The University is located at Nauni in Solan District of Himachal Pradesh, 13 km from Solan on Solan-Rajgarh Road, at an elevation of 1300 metres above mean sea level. Solan town is situated on national highway (NH-22) and is well connected by train and bus services. The University has four constituent colleges, out of which, two are located at the main campus Nauni, one for horticulture and the other for forestry, having 9 and 7 departments, respectively. The third College i.e., College of Horticulture & Forestry is located at Neri in Hamirpur District on Nadaun-Hamirpur state highway, about 6 Km from Hamirpur town and is well connected with bus service. The college offers three Undergraduate Degree Programmes i.e. BSc (Hons.) Horticulture, BSc (Hons.) Forestry and B. Tech. Biotechnology and MSc degree programme in a few subjects. The fourth college i.e. College of Horticulture and Forestry, Thunag (Mandi) is located at Thunag District Mandi. This college offer BSc (Hons.) Horticulture and BSc (Hons.) Forestry degree programme. In addition, there are five Regional Research Stations, 12 Satellite Stations and five Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) situated in different zones of the State.

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Subject: Agricultural Economics × Author: AMIT × End date: 2021 × Start date: 2021 × Type: Thesis ×
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    ECONOMICS OF MILK PRODUCTION IN SHIMLA DISTRICT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2021-11) AMIT; SHILPA
    ABSTRACT The present study entitled “Economics of Milk Production in Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh” was carried out during the year 2020-21. An attempt has been made in this investigation to work out the cost and returns from milk production across different milch species of animals. Tabular analysis was employed to work out the cost and returns while Garrett’s Ranking Technique (GRT) was used to identify the major constraints in milk production. The study covered 60 dairy farms from three blocks of Shimla district named Rampur, Rohru and Mashobra. Socio- economic analysis of the farmers revealed that average family size at overall level comprises of 5.54 persons, out of which 53.57 per cent were males and rest being females in sampled households. The results revealed that the dominance of nuclear families (67.61%) over joint families at overall level. Average landholding per farm was 0.68 ha at overall level and found highest in large farm category (1.10 ha) followed by medium (0.87 ha) and small farm category (0.62 ha). The findings of the study revealed that the average size of herd (SAUs) of households surveyed was 5.00 and majority of them were rearing crossbred cows (64.40%) followed by bullock (15.40%), young stock (9.80%), local cow (7.20%), sheep (2.0%) and goat (1.20%), in the study area. Average milk yield per day per animal was found to be significantly higher in case of crossbred cow (7.05 litres) as compared to local cow (2.88 litres). Similarly, net maintenance cost per milch animal per day was found to be relatively higher in crossbred cow (₹ 203.86) as compared to local cow (₹ 115.71). The per litre cost of milk production was observed to be significantly higher in case of local cow (₹ 35.77) followed by crossbred cow (₹ 26.81). The net income per day was relatively higher in case of crossbred cow (₹ 61.52) as compared to local cow (₹ 2.33), while it was found negative in small herd size category for local cow (- ₹ 0.16). The net return from crossbred cow was more than that of local cows indicating crossbred milking cow was more economical than the local cow in the study area. The Cobb-Douglas production function indicated that response to concentrate and green fodder were found to be positive and significant (p<0.01) for both the breeds. The results of Cobb-Douglas production function revealed that concentrate and green fodder had positive and significant(p<0.01) influence on returns from both local and crossbred cows at overall level. MVP and MFC ratios for green fodder and labour were 4.45 and 2.32, respectively for crossbred cow. MVP and MFC ratios for green fodder and concentrate were 3.16 and 1.51, respectively indicating underutilization of these resources in existing dairy farming. The results of marketed surplus function showed that the values of regression coefficients of milk production had a positive impact on the marketed surplus of milk indicating thereby that one percent increase in the production after keeping all other variables constant, the marketed surplus could increase by 1.06 percent. The quantity of marketed surplus of milk also increases with the increase in the no. of milch animals. Negative sign of coefficient in the case family size depict that marketed surplus decreases with increase in family size. High cost of concentrate feed, unavailability of veterinary services, low milk productivity of milch animals, lack of awareness about advance animal husbandry techniques, lack of transport facilities, low price of the milk, inadequate knowledge about balanced feeding etc. were the major constraints in milk production in the study area. The study concluded that various extension programmes and formal training should also be organized, for capacity building of the farmers within the study area, for adoption of excellent dairy farming practices