A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON ADOPTION OF IMPROVED DAIRY HUSBANDRY PRACTICES BETWEEN MEMBERS AND NON MEMBERS OF DAIRY CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN RANCHI DISTRICT OF JHARKHAND
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2020
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Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi
Abstract
India shares 15% of the livestock of total livestock population in the world, with 50%
buffaloes and 20%of world’s cattle. India is the largest producer of milk in the world (>15%
share) with 188 mt production in 2019. Growth rate of milk production in our country in
2017-18 was 6.5% with a total value of 6.5 lakh crore.
Jharkhand is a milk deficit state. No concerted efforts were taken for dairy
development in the state, prior to its separation from Bihar. In year 2001-02 annual milk
production in state was 9 lakh metric tons and per capita availability of milk was 98 gm/ day.
In the state rural milk trade practices were not established and milk marketing
network was not much developed recognizing the scope of cooperative development and
viable operation of milk processing plant operated under various dairy cooperatives. With
this view Milk Producers Federation Ltd (MILKFED) has been created in 2014 and its
management has been given to NDDB. Total milk procurement was 23 thousand litres per
day in 2014-15 which has gone up to 1 lakh 25 thousand per day in 2018-19 indicating that
the cooperative structure has already started giving its impact. Hitherto meagre studies have
been carried out to see the impact of milk cooperative on milk production, and knowledge
and adoption of improved technologies by the dairy farmers. Therefore, the present study was
carried out with the following objectives:
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A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON ADOPTION OF IMPROVED DAIRY
HUSBANDRY PRACTICES BETWEEN MEMBERS AND NON
MEMBERS OF DAIRY CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN RANCHI
DISTRICT OF JHARKHAND