SHIKHA BIDHAN*, RASHMI TYAGI, SUBHASH CHANDER, A. K. GODARA, BHATIA AND C. K. SINGH
Department of Sociology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125 004 (Haryana), India
*(e-mail: shikhabidhan95@gmail.com; Mobile: 93066 17664)
(Received: November 5, 2022; Accepted: December 13, 2022)
ABSTRACT
The study was carried out in two districts Karnal and Hisar in Haryana state during 2019-22 in Department
of Sociology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar (Haryana), India with the objective to understand
the constraints in dairy farming. About 180 respondents were selected for the study and questions were asked from a well framed questionnaire. The results revealed that the major constraints among the dairy farming respondents were high cost of quality concentrates feeds, inadequacy of green fodder, non-availability of land for fodder production, shortage of dry fodder, inability of cross checking the income due to illiteracy, high charges of emergency veterinary services, lack of technical guidance, distantly located artificial insemination centre, low price of milk and non-availability of improved breeds. These constrains can be overcome by improving the educational status at village level, improvising the animal husbandry hospitals, reducing the time for providing timely veterinary services. It was found that quality concentrates monthly expenditure of Rs. 11895, dry fodder Rs. 1800 and green fodder of Rs. 2000 with total cost amounting to Rs. 15695. The buffalo milk production 300 kg at the rate of Rs. of 70 per kg resulting in an income of Rs. 21000. The net profit was about Rs. 5305 without involving the labour cost.
Key words : Artificial insemination, breeding, constraints, dairy farming, economics, feeding