An Economic Analysis of Milk Production in Bhilwara District of Rajasthan
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2019
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MPUT, UDAIPUR
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The present study entitled “An Economic Analysis of Milk Production in
Bhilwara District of Rajasthan” conducted in year 2019 with the objectives to study the
cost and return from milk production; production, consumption and marketable surplus of
milk; scientific dairy farming practices and constraints being faced by the milk producers
in dairying. The study is based on primary data collected from 60 households of Bhilwara
district. Tabular and Garrett analysis were used to achieve the objective of the study. The
result indicated that average per day gross cost for buffalo, crossbred and local cow was
` 157.74, ` 170.28 and `120.60, respectively. The average per day net maintenance cost
per litre, net return per litre and cost of buffalo was ` 136.36, ` 36.31 and ` 29.26,
respectively. The average per day net maintenance cost, net return and per litre cost of
cross-bred cow was ` 154.09, ` 32.20 and ` 22.05 while corresponding figures for
maintaining local cow were ` 106.20, ` -5.76 and ` 33.29, respectively. The average cost
of milk production per litre was decreased with increase in herd size category. The
average daily milk production per household was 12.12 litres, out of which 34.57 per cent
milk consumed and rest of milk (65.43 per cent) was sold. The production, consumption
and marketed surplus of milk were increased with increase in herd size category. Out of
milk retained at household, 12.89 per cent consumed as liquid milk and 87.11 per cent
milk converted into milk products. The average per capita per day availability and
consumption of milk was estimated 1685 gram and 586 gram. As regards, the adoption of
scientific dairying practices, it was found that most of the households followed the
practices of fodder cultivation, concentrate feeding, regular cleaning, regularity in
milking hours and feed colostrums to newly born calves. The practices of cattle insurance
and keeping the milk production record were not adopted by households in the study area.
The major constraints faced by milk producer households was lack of knowledge about
recommended quantity of feed and fodder, repeated breeding in dairy animals, lack of
scientific housing, milk cooperative societies located at distant places, unavailability of
animal insurance facility and poor conception rate of artificial insemination in the study
area.
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An Economic Analysis of Milk Production in Bhilwara District of Rajasthan
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Meena S. And Meena G.L.