Adaptation and mitigation strategies for dairy cattle: Myths and realities in Indian condition -A review

Mahajan, Sumit; Papang, Janailin S.; Singh, S. V.; Datta, Kaushik

doi:10.18805/ag.v36i4.6665

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“…So, it becomes imperative to adopt adaptation and mitigation strategies to reduce the impact of climate change on livestock given their importance in smallholder farmers' livelihood in India. The present policy of indiscriminate crossbreeding of local cattle with exotic cattle should be reviewed and reoriented for smallholder dairy farmer especially, in dry and rainfed regions where there is scarcity of fodder and water which are required heavily by crossbred cattle (Mahajan et al, 2015).…”

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Advancement of Agricultural Technology in Farming of India

Sharma¹,

Devadas²,

Sharma³

et al. 2022

BKAP

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Background: Agricultural technology is an innovated, invented and discovered material that assists people and the country for improving production and productivity. Conventional agricultural technologies were practiced in the country in sustainable agriculture. A large number of inventions from several research and development projects were evolved and discovered that help in boosting transformation of sustainable agriculture into modern agriculture. Methods: The agriculture technology is currently utilized in the dairy farming, poultry farming and organic farming. The working principles of agriculture technology were glanced from the dairy farming, poultry farming and organic farming and collected from the Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Punjab and Gujarat. Result: The control of fly, milking parlours, calf care, young stock housing, hygiene, milk testing technologies etc are currently utilized into the dairy farming in rural India. The robots carries out ding dirty work, flock protection using drones and use of sensors for monitoring and management are applied in the poultry animals. The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) contributes at production and management in dairy farming and poultry farming. It imposes crop development and management and sprays adequate organic chemicals in the crop field. The effective and less expensive technologies like neem based preparations, concentrated organic manure, organic formulations for seed treatment and plant protection, broad-spectrum botanical pesticides and many more have been developed that promote organic agriculture.

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Section: Availability and Applications Of Technology In Dairy Farmingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Advancement of Agricultural Technology in Farming of India

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Devadas²,

Sharma³

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BKAP

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“…Indian dairy sector is characterized by large numbers of low producing animals which are predominantly being reared on crop residues. About 82% of dairy animals are owned by small, marginal and landless farmers contributing more than 70% of the milk production in the country (Mahajan et al, 2015). The livestock sector is not only a source of sustainable livelihood but is also an appropriate means of socio-economic growth.…”

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Socio-economic Status of Dairy Farmers in the Srinagar District of Jammu and Kashmir

Hamadani¹,

Khan²,

Khan³

et al. 2023

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Background: The dairy sector is not only a source of sustainable livelihood but is also an appropriate means of socio-economic development. The present study was conducted with the aim of studying the socio-economic status of dairy farmers in the Srinagar district of Jammu and Kashmir. Methods: Information was sought from the selected respondents (616 farmers) on basis of the interview schedule using a pre-tested questionnaire regarding their family type, size and composition, literacy level, livelihood status, occupation, housing and land holding status and livestock inventory. The study period encompassed 2013 to 2017. Result: It was observed that 75.32% dairy farmers lived in nuclear families whereas the remaining 24.68% had joint families. Based on size, 22.89, 56.49 and 20.62% farmers had small, medium and large families respectively. Average nuclear and joint family was observed to have 5.07±0.07 and 12.40±0.40 members respectively. On an average, family comprised of 2.18±0.05 adult males, 2.32±0.05 adult females, 1.16±0.05 ± male children and 0.95±0.06 female children. The overall literacy rate of the family was 66.20±1.04%. Dairy farming was the main occupation of 30.19% of the surveyed farmers while it was subsidiary for the remaining. Out of the total farmers surveyed, 62.66% had land while 37.34% farmers were landless. Livestock other than cattle kept by these dairy farmers included sheep, goat, poultry, horses, rabbits and buffaloes. The shift in literacy level from low level of family heads to medium level of overall family members and 100% schooling of children indicates improvement in social status of dairy farmers through various generations.

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Critical climate-stress moments for semi-arid farming systems in India

Srinidhi,

Smolenaars,

Werners

et al. 2024

Reg Environ Change

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In the face of the increasing frequency of climate stresses, climate change projections can help in adaptation planning and resilience-building. However, typical climate change projections, such as annual average rainfall and temperature increases, are not helpful for farmers in understanding specific climate risks, like crop loss, and making adaptation decisions. Our study aims to identify and characterise context- and time-specific climate stresses in terms of climate conditions of concern to improve the understanding of future climate risks and enhance the climate resilience of semi-arid farming systems in India. Utilising the concept of critical climate-stress moments, we employ an innovative bottom-up methodology integrating insights from focus group discussions with farmers, key informant interviews, and an ensemble of downscaled and bias-corrected Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP-6) models. Our case studies include (i) a mixed crop-livestock farming system, (ii) a horticulture-based farming system, (iii) a cash crop–dominant farming system, and (iv) a cereal-dominant farming system. The specific climate conditions of concern identified were (i) increasing volume of late-monsoon rainfall, (ii) rising winter temperatures, (iii) increase in the number of days with temperatures exceeding 40 °C, (iv) increase in days with heavy rainfall (> 25 mm), and (v) increasing rainfall during the dry season. Identifying these critical moments improves understanding of both the temporal and spatial variations in climate risks, providing valuable inputs for targeted and implementable climate resilience–building actions. We recommend revising national and state action plans on climate change by utilising such region-specific assessments of critical climate-stress moments.

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Adaptation and mitigation strategies for dairy cattle: Myths and realities in Indian condition -A review

Cited by 4 publications

References 9 publications

Advancement of Agricultural Technology in Farming of India

Advancement of Agricultural Technology in Farming of India

Socio-economic Status of Dairy Farmers in the Srinagar District of Jammu and Kashmir

Critical climate-stress moments for semi-arid farming systems in India

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