Abstract
Perceived Constraints of Farmers in Indigenous Cattle Dairy Farming in Rajasthan, India
Highlights
Rajasthan state consists 12 percent of country’s geographical area and comprised of 61 percent of India’s total arid zone i.e., western part of Rajasthan known as Thar desert, where animal husbandry is not merely a subsidiary to agriculture but it is a major economic activity specially in arid and semi-arid areas, providing the much needed insurance against prominently occurring scarcity conditions
Study Design and Data Collection The study was conducted in western part of Rajasthan state which comprised of Bikaner, Sri-Ganganagar and Jodhpur districts, that were selected purposively for collecting the data from indigenous cattle dairy farmers
The study revealed that, lack of knowledge about improved dairy farming practices was ranked as a major constraint faced by the farmers (86.1%), as most of the herd type in the study area was indigenous cattle and respondents were not aware of most of the management practices for management of indigenous cattle
Summary
Rajasthan state consists 12 percent of country’s geographical area and comprised of 61 percent of India’s total arid zone i.e., western part of Rajasthan known as Thar desert, where animal husbandry is not merely a subsidiary to agriculture but it is a major economic activity specially in arid and semi-arid areas, providing the much needed insurance against prominently occurring scarcity conditions. Animal husbandry is the most important activity in Rajasthan state (Kumar et al, 2017). Because of the limited water resources, most of the agriculture production is rain-fed and as such, the livestock sector assumes more importance. Livestock farming essentially works as an insulating factor against vagaries of drought and famines, and provides a kind of stability and sustenance livelihood to the rural poor (Kumar et al, 2017; Ishfaq et al, 2017). In Rajasthan, income from livestock averages 22.5 percent of the total household income, whereas in arid region the contribution of livestock sector is even more than 50 percent of the total household income (Kumar et al, 2017)
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