MILK PRODUCTIVITY AND ADOPTION OF SCIENTIFIC DAIRY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN THE SMALL DAIRY HOLDINGS OF VYTHIRI TALUK OF WAYANAD

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dc.contributor.advisorSenthilkumar, R
dc.contributor.authorNIJA GEORGE
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-08T10:15:50Z
dc.date.available2017-12-08T10:15:50Z
dc.date.issued2013-06-27
dc.description.abstractDespite the changes in the dairy sector, milk production of cross-bred cows in the state remains far from satisfactory. Thus the milk productivity, adoption of scientific management practices and interrelationships between various determinants of milk productivity and adoption of management practices were explored among the small dairy holdings to have a detailed understanding of the situation. Here small dairy holding meant farms with one or two milch animals. Personal interviews and focus group discussions were applied for data collection. Most of the farmers studied belonged to old age category, with secondary education and more than ten years of experience in dairying. Most sought after extension agency was co-operative societies and television was the most used mass medium. Majority of the respondents had only low innovation proneness and medium economic motivation while majority had a high scientific orientation. Overall adoption of scientific dairy management practices was low for majority of the respondents. Experience in dairy farming, land holding, income from dairying, economic motivation, scientific orientation, innovation proneness and information source utilization were positively and significantly correlated with extent of adoption of management practices. Income from dairying, experience and scientific orientation were significant in explaining the variation in the extent of adoption of scientific dairy management practices. Milk productivity of majority of small dairy holdings studied was medium. Land holding and income from dairying were positively and significantly correlated with the milk productivity. Income from dairying was significant in explaining the variation in milk productivity. High cost of feed and scarcity of green fodder were perceived to be the most serious constraints in dairying. High capital investment required for dairying, low price for milk, unavailability of credit, and non-availability of good milch animals were the other constraints.en_US
dc.identifier.otherT06
dc.identifier.urihttp://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810037298
dc.keywordsMultiple regression analysis, Vengappally, Achooranamen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.pages93en_US
dc.publisherKerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Wayanaden_US
dc.subVeterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension Educationen_US
dc.subjectnullen_US
dc.themeOne of the overarching goals of animal husbandry development programmes and policies has been the consistent improvement of livestock productivity for accelerated economic growth. This is in view of the fact that majority of the livestock keepers in India depend on animal husbandry for their survival. Thus this sector has been recognized as a key fundamental for spurring growth, overcoming poverty and enhancing food security. Productivity increases in agriculture can reduce poverty by augmenting farmer’s income, reducing food prices and thereby enhancing investments in consumption (Diagne et al., 2009). Consistent with this argument, in the year 2003 the Department of International Development had estimated that a one per cent increase in agricultural productivity could reduce the percentage of poor people having less than one dollar a day by between 0.6 and two per cent. Adoptionen_US
dc.these.typeM.V.Sc.en_US
dc.titleMILK PRODUCTIVITY AND ADOPTION OF SCIENTIFIC DAIRY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN THE SMALL DAIRY HOLDINGS OF VYTHIRI TALUK OF WAYANADen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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