Ramesh Saravana Kumar, VTANUVAS2020-11-232020-11-232014-11https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810155555TNV_WS_SA_E_Nov2014(53-56)India is the largest producer of milk, producing more than 120 million tons of milk per annum. Dairying is a centuries-old tradition for millions of Indian rural households and domesticated animals are integral part of the farming systems. Milk contributes more to the national economy than any other farm commodity. In the context of poverty and malnutrition, milk has a special role to play for its many nutritional advantages as well as providing supplementary income to some 70 million farmers in over 500,000 remote villages (Dairy India, 2007). More importantly, the farmers earn an average 27.3 percent of their income from dairying, with as high as 53 percent for landless and as low as 19 percent for the large farmers.EnglishVeterinary ScienceAnimal Husbandry ExtensionArticle