COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF RURAL AND PERIURBAN DAIRY FARMING IN KALABURAGI DISTRICT OF KARNATAKA
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2017-06-30
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UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, RAICHUR
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Livestock sector is an important sub-sector of agriculture and forms major source of livelihood for rural poor. The present study was conducted in Kalaburagi district of Karnataka during 2016-17. The study used the primary data obtained through a survey of 60 dairy farmers and 30 market intermediaries. The findings of the study revealed that majority of rural and periurban dairy farmers were between age group of 30-50 years. The overall gross maintenance cost per milch local cow was low in rural (72.67/day) dairy farms compared to periurban (87.80/day) dairy farms. However, gross return was higher in periurban (88.14/day) dairy compared to rural (68.39/day) dairy farms. Similar trend was observed for crossbred cow and buffaloes in both rural and periurban dairy farms. The per day maintenance cost per SAU in rural and periurban area was 91.29 and 150.64 respectively. The gross return was higher in periurban (179.48) dairy farms compared to rural (96.65) dairy farms. The per day net returns realized was 28.84 and 5.36 in periurban and rural dairy farms respectively. However, returns realized per rupee of expenditure was 1.05 and 1.16 in rural and periurban dairy farms respectively. The mean technical efficiency of rural (0.82) dairy farms was low compared to periurban (0.95) dairy farms. The ratios of MVP to MFC were greater than one for dry fodder, human labour and veterinary medicines and less than one for green fodder, concentrates, grazing land and watering in rural dairy farms. Majority of rural and periurban farmers sold milk through unorganized sector (70%) and only 30 per cent of farmers have disposed their milk through organized sector. Milk vendor was dominant marketing intermediary in both rural and periurban dairy farms. Producer's share in consumer rupee was high in periurban (76.55%) compared to rural (70.70%) dairy farms. Thus, periurban dairy farming was profitable compared to rural dairy farming.
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