“ECONOMICS OF MILK PROCUREMENT AND MILK PROCESSING IN A DAIRY PLANT” 2965

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2019-08
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JAU, JUNAGADH
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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.
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