ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY OF DAIRY FARMING SYSTEM IN HARYANA STATE
SAROJ KUMARI, NISHI SETHI AND RAMAN JODHA
Department of Extension Education and Communication Management
CCS Haryana Agricultural University,
Hisar-125 004 (Haryana), India
*(e-mail : saroj208@gmail.com)
(Received : 29 September 2017; Accepted : 14 December 2017)
SUMMARY
Dairying is an important source of subsidiary income to small/marginal farmers and agricultural labourers. The main beneficiaries of dairy programmes are small/marginal farmers and landless labourers. A farmer can earn a gross surplus of about Rs. 12,000 per year from a unit consisting of two milking buffaloes. Therefore, more efficient and economical production systems are needed to improve the sustainability and economic feasibility of dairy farming. The present study was conducted in Hisar district of Haryana state. From Hisar district, two blocks–Adampur and Hisar-I were selected randomly. From selected blocks, two villages, namely, Siswal from Adampur and Dabra from Hisar-1 were selected by random technique. From each selected village, 50 women were selected randomly, thus making a total sample of 100 women. From selected villages, 20 women who were interested in training on dairy farming were selected purposively. Gross income was computed as Rs. 6,85,400, and annual and monthly profit as Rs. 2,75,450 and 22954.16, respectively.
Key words: Economic feasibility, dairy farming, women