Socio-economic profile and constraints faced by the members of milk producers co-operative societies in production and marketing of milk in Dharwad district of Karnataka- an analysis

Abstract

The present study attempted to study the socioeconomic profile of the sample dairy farmers and to document the problems faced by the members of milk producers cooperative societies in production and marketing of milk in Dharwad district. Multistage sampling procedure was followed for selection of 120 sample Dairy farmers. The data pertained to the agricultural year 2014-15. Tabular analysis and Garrett ranking technique were used to analyze the data. The socioeconomic profile of the sample dairy farmers with respect to age, education, family size, type of family, occupation, experience in dairy farming and land holdings was studied. The results revealed that, majority of the farmers belonged to middle age group in the study area, it is observed that of the sample farmers 35 farmers belonged to small dairy farmers category, 55 belonged to medium category and 30 belonged to large category. Further, it is also observed that in the selected sample dairy farmers, majority of the farmers were educated, 24.17 per cent of the farmers had small land holding and semi medium land holding. It is observed that 69.17 per cent had medium experience in dairy farming and it can also be seen that 15.83 per cent of the farmers had dairy as a main occupation.High cost of cattle feeds and lack of good quality concentrates, non-availability of emergency veterinary services and artificial insemination facilities, high cost of crossbreed cattles, non-availability of improved breeds for milching, lack of grazing land and lack of technical know-how were the major problems faced by the dairy farmers in milk production. Low price, delayed payment, improper grading and malpractices in measurement of milk were the major problems faced by the dairy farmers in marketing of milk.Thus, the results of the study brings to focus that, the concerned agencies, development departments and others should focus more on dairy farmers by providing required facilities and other necessary help in effective running of dairy farming. How to cite this article : Gadad, Priyadarshini C. and Kunnal, L.B. (2018). Socioeconomic profile and constraints faced by the members of milk producers cooperative societies in production and marketing of milk in Dharwad district of Karnataka-an analysis.

Assessment of women empowerment through women dairy co-operatives in western Maharashtra

“…The findings of the study revealed that the majority of respondents (54.16%) had a medium level of social participation, followed by a low level (34.16%) and a high level (11.66%) of social participation. Similar results were supported by studies conducted by Thaker et al (2020) [37] and Upretil and Bhardwaj, (2018) [10] . It was observed that most of them were members of milk co-operative societies to fulfil the essentials of dairy farming, including timely economic support.…”

“…It was observed that, the middle age group is commonly engaged in women's dairy co-operative activities as they shouldered the family responsibilities very efficiently. Similar findings were also recorded by Gadad and Kunnal (2018) [10] , wherein they reported that the majority of the farmers were in the middle age group (49.17%), followed by the old age group (40%) and young age group (10.83%) respectively. These observations were also in harmony with the findings of Nikita et al (2018) [40] , Ravinder and Umadevi, (2020) [33] , Kochar and Kaur (2015) [20] .…”

“…Kaur et al (2017) reported similar findings that the majority (74.29%) of respondents belong to medium family size comprising 4 to 6 members, followed by low family size category (28%). Parallel results were noted by Gadad and Kunnal, (2018) [10] wherein, they observed that a maximum number of respondents belonged to medium family sizes up to 5-8 members (45.83%) followed by small family sizes up to 4 members (27.17%) and large family size more than 8 members (25%) respectively.…”