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Dynamics of dairy production in Uttaranchal hills

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Title Dynamics of dairy production in Uttaranchal hills
 
Creator SINGH, VIR
TULACHAN, PRADEEP M
PARTAP, TEJ
 
Subject Buffalo, Cow, Dairy production, Dynamics, Milk production, Population
 
Description An analysis of temporal changes in ruminant population in Uttaranchal Hills between 1961 and 1999 shows an overall increase of about 15% in total ruminant population. The most noticeable change over a period of about 4 decades is an overwhelming increase in the population of buffaloes (55%) and of goats (50%). A considerable decline in the population of cattle (5%) and sheep (14%) are another noteworthy changes. With gradual emphasis on dairy sector, milk production in Uttaranchal hills has increased from mere 419 thousand MT in 1979-80 to about 715 thousand MT in 1999-2000, recording an impressive rise of 71 % over this period. Whereas milk production from cows has increased only 19%, buffalo milk production has leapt by 111 % over this period. The milk production increase in Uttaranchal hills, thus, is largely thanks to buffaloes' contribution. Presently buffalo population contributes more than 60% to the total milk production in the region. Milk productivity per animal has increased over a period of 2 decades. In case of a cow it has increased from an average of 1.33 kg/day in 1979-80 to 2.30 kg/day in 1999-2000. An average increase in milk yield from 2.55 kg/day to 3.71 kg/day over the same period has been recorded for a buffalo. Lactation yield increase per cow (73%) has been far higher than per buffalo (45%). This is attributable to the institutional policies and programmes focussing on cows and negligence of buffaloes.
 
Publisher Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture
 
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Date 2014-01-30
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/37215
 
Source The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences; Vol 71, No 11 (2001)
0367-8318
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/37215/16633
 
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