“ECONOMICS OF MILK PROCUREMENT AND MILK PROCESSING IN A DAIRY PLANT” 2965
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2019-08
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JAU, JUNAGADH
Abstract
A dairy product is food produced from the milk of mammals. A production plant for
the processing of milk is called a dairy. Recent study shows that India is the largest producer
of milk in the world which is nearly 10 per cent of the world production. The research work
entitled “Economics of milk procurement and milk processing in a dairy plant” was carried
out. The Junagadh district was selected for the study and sample size consisted of 1 chilling
center and 31 village collection centers. The tabular analysis was used to calculate the cost of
procurement of milk. The tabular analysis, weightage method and different formulas ware
used to calculate the cost of procurement of milk the cost of processing. The PCI method was
used to study the constraints faced by dairy industry in procurement of milk. The result
depicted that all the three cost of milk procurement having more or less equal share in total
cost of procurement. The overall milk procurement cost per liter of milk around one rupee per
liter. The major share of milk fat was used for Ghee making because of ghee contain more fat
concentration. The major share of milk SNF was used for Taza milk. The total solids
utilization pattern at the plant Major share of milk was used for Taza milk. In case of milk
utilization, the quantity of ghee manufacturing is less but it utilizes more fat, whereas, butter
milk, dahi and taza milk utilizing less fat than the other product. The the cost of production of
ghee was around Rs. 323 per litre which was the highest among all the dairies. The foremost
problem faced by Village milk collection center being far away from milk producers' home.
The foremost problem was poor roads for transporting the milk.