Impact of dairy trainings on productivity of herd, generation of income and employment

Abstract

The current study was conducted in Maharashtra to ascertain the impact of dairy farming trainings organized by selected three Krishi Vigyan Kendras on selected economically important parameters. Propensity score matching method was used to avoid selection bias and build a statistical comparison group of non-trainees comparable to trainees. The study revealed that there was no significant difference among trainees and non-trainees related to possession of dairy herd. However, study has shown that milk productivity, annual net income and annual employment generation among trainee and non-trainee dairy farmers were significantly different and comparatively higher among trainees than non-trainees, which indicates positive impact of training imparted by selected Krishi Vigyan Kendras in Maharashtra. Study further revealed that proportion of trainees who were deriving higher economic benefits from dairy farming in terms of productivity and income was quiet less. Hence, it is suggested that training organizing institutes should intensively plan more trainings of long duration ensuring larger and wider participation of population with follow up and post-training information support.

Socio-Economic Status and Constraints Faced by Dairy Farmers

“…The high SD value also indicated that there was quiet wide variation among the farm families as far as the herd strength was concerned. This finding is similar to the findings of Rai et al (2017) and Khode et al (2020). It is clear from the data in table 9 that majority (71.67 per cent) of dairy farmers were in small producers' group i.e., less than 96 liters per day followed by 22.78 per cent in medium producers' group and 06.67 percent in large producers' group.…”

Impacts of Training Rural Dairy Producers in India: Role of Dairy Vigyan Kendra

“…Previous studies show that technology adoption and robust dairy cooperatives networks enhance milk production, feed and dairy income (Alderman 1987; Janssen and Swinnen 2019; Kumar et al 2018). In addition, Khode et al (2021) show that trained farmers earned twice as much as non-trained farmers from dairy farming. The mentioned studies highlighted that robust dairy cooperatives, training and technology adoption are essential for increasing milk productivity, income from dairy, better feed and improving livestock breeding.…”