Volume: 48 Issue: 2
Year: 2017, Page: 29-33,
Received: Aug. 3, 2016 Accepted: Aug. 10, 2016 Published: Dec. 31, 2017
The study was conducted in among the dairy farmers of Kerala, with a view to find out the perception of the farmers regarding the major constraints in dairy farming. The constraints were grouped as five major areas of dairying viz. Feeding, breeding, health care, policy related and marketing constraints. Data was collected from 350 farmers using a structured schedule, by personal interview technique. The farmers/farm households were categorized into small or subsistence farms (1-2 cows), medium (3-10 cows) and large farms (more than 10 cows). Price of concentrate feed was the major constraint in all the farm sizes and in overall the overall ranking. The price of concentrate, infertility, high cost of veterinary medicine and inadequate price of milk were the major constraints perceived by the dairy farmers in different areas of production in Kerala.
Keywords: Constraints, dairy farmer
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