Efficiency of Resources Use in Urban Milk Production in the State of Tamil Nadu, India
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2013
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International Journal of Veterinary Science
Abstract
The Study was under taken to analyze the Productivity of Resource in Milk Production in urban areas of Tamil Nadu. A Total Sample Size of 90 dairy farmers was selected from three urban milk shed areas of Tamil Nadu namely Chennai (Tambaram), Erode and Vellore for the present Study. To estimate the productivity of resources in milk production, Cobb Douglas Production Function was used. The co-efficient of multiple determinations (adjusted R2) was 0.912, indicating that the five variables selected for the analysis had explained 91.2 percent variation in total milk production. The Results of Cobb-Douglas Production Function revealed that concentrate, green fodder and labour
had Positive and highly significant (P<0.01) influence on Milk Production. The result of allocative efficiency of Resources in milk production revealed that concentrates, labour and veterinary charges were under-utilized, whereas green fodder and dry fodder were over-utilized.
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Cobb, Douglas production function, Milk production, Resource use efficiency