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Scientific Dairy Farming Practices for the Semi-Arid Tropics

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Title Scientific Dairy Farming Practices for the Semi-Arid Tropics
 
Creator Rathod, P
 
Subject Others
 
Description The livestock sector is one of the fastest growing agricultural
sub-sectors in India. It is a rich source of high quality products
such as milk, meat and eggs and a source of income and
employment to millions of rural farmers, particularly women.
According to the reports of Central Statistics Office, the value
of outputs from the livestock sector at current prices was about
`811,847 crores during 2015-16, which is about 28.6% of the
value of outputs from the agricultural and allied sectors. Within
this sector, dairying is a livelihood option for many rural poor,
especially the landless, marginal and small farmers in India. It
serves as an effective tool for rural development, employment
and sustained income and as an insurance against several odds.
Milk production in India during 2015-16 and 2016-17 was 155.5
million tonnes and 165.4 million tonnes respectively, showing an
annual growth of 6.37%.
Dairy farming in semi-arid India is mainly taken up by
smallholders who rear animals on crop residues and common
property resources. They are handicapped by low capital and
lack of resources and training. Lately, dwindling common
property resources are driving farmers to take up intensive
systems. The dairy scene in India is undergoing changes with
newer technologies in breeding, feeding, management and
disease control, underlining the need to adopt scientific dairy
farming methods. The profitability and sustainability of dairy
farming in the semi-arid tropics hinges on increased production
and efficiency through the adoption of improved practices that
enhance nutrition and livelihood security.
 
Publisher ICRISAT
 
Date 2019
 
Type Monograph
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/11179/1/Final%20Dairy%20Farming%20Practices.pdf
Rathod, P (2019) Scientific Dairy Farming Practices for the Semi-Arid Tropics. Project Report. ICRISAT.