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A Study on Constraints of Dairy Farming in Telangana State

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Title A Study on Constraints of Dairy Farming in Telangana State
 
Creator Y. Shyam Babu
A. Sarat Chandra
R.M.V. Prasad
D. Nagalakshmi
M. Srinivas Reddy
 
Subject constraints, non-remunerative price, high production cost of milk, problem of mastitis in crossbred cows
 
Description Dairy farming plays an important role in social and economic livelihood of the farmers of Telangana state. An investigation was carried out to study the cost of milk production in buffaloes of dairy farmers in Karimnagar, Khammam and Rangareddy Districts of Telangana. The data was collected from 240 farmers spread over 24 villages in 6 mandals in the selected districts. The 240 respondents were interviewed as per the questionnaire.
Constraints faced by the dairy farmers in the study area was non-remunerative price for milk stands first (63.11%) followed by high production cost of milk (59.23%), unstable prices (54.50%), high cost of veterinary medicine  (50.66%), lack of knowledge in making value added dairy products (46.66%), lack of preservation facilities for milk (44.88%), problem of mastitis in crossbred cows (42.33%), distant location of veterinary center (40.66%),competition for market from other processors (38.67%), lack of knowledge in clean milk production (35.77%). Lack
Of knowledge of deworming and vaccination were not identified as major constraint by majority. Poor road infrastructure, lack of clean milk production, high cost of utensils, distance of dairy co-operatives/milk collection center, high incidence of diseases was not identified by the farmers as major constraints faced by them.
 
Publisher Indian Veterinary Association
 
Date 2024-01-19
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IVJ/article/view/147614
10.62757/IVA.2024.101.1.37-42
 
Source The Indian Veterinary Journal; Vol. 101 No. 01 (2024): January, 2024; 37-42
0974-9365
0019-6479
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IVJ/article/view/147614/53689
 
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