National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Dairy farming plays a very important role in improving the economy of the country. The study was conducted to explore the socio-economic profile and constraints faced by dairy farmers of Wayanad district of Kerala. The survey was conducted to study the different patterns of rearing of dairy animals, crops grown and status of milk production. By random sampling method fifty respondents were selected for the study. Results revealed that majority of the families were nuclear families. For 80 percent of the people the main source of income is agriculture which includes livestock farming. 82 percent of the farmers had land owned up to five acres. Majority of the farmers followed mixed cropping system. 96 percent of the farmers owned cattle as livestock assets out of which 42 percent were non-descript. 66 percent of the farms produced 10-15 litres of milk per day. Ninety two percent of farmers marketed milk in milma cooperative.
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