Goat Rearing Enterprise in Osmanabad District of Maharashtra: A Cost and Profitability Measures

Abstract

The father of our nation, Mahatma Gandhi had given a dignified position to goats in India’s rural economy and called them as “poor man’s cow”. The present study was conducted to estimate cost and return of goat rearing enterprise in Osmanabad district of Maharashtra during year 2019-20 with using a well-structured questionnaire from 32 goat rearers. The result of revealed that per flock per annum total cost incurred was ` 118905, in which share of variable cost was 72.57 per cent followed by that of fixed cost 27.43 per cent. At overall level per flock per annum gross return was ` 169583.85. At overall level the net profit in goat rearing enterprise was ` 123229. The study revealed that benefit cost (B-C) ratio for per flock of goat was 3.66. In order to turn goat rearing into profitable enterprise in Osmanabad district, the goat rearers must be given training on credit facilities, proper marketing and reduction of the middlemen will ultimately reduce the marketing cost and better income for the rearers.