1Farm Advisory Service Scheme, Punjab Agricultural University, Sangrur-148 001, Punjab.
2Department of Economics & Sociology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141 004, Punjab.
*Author for correspondence: E-mail: ms_fass@yahoo.co.in
This paper has been drawn from the Ph.D. thesis of the first author, submitted to the Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana in 2006.
The economic analysis of crop production and dairy farming has been reported for marginal and small farmers in Punjab for the year 2003–04. It has been found that a majority of the farm households are not able to meet their requirements from their income from crops and dairy farming. Further dairy farming has emerged as a major allied enterprise for supplementing the income of marginal and small farmers in Punjab. Income from off-farm sources has been identified another important factor contributing significantly to the disposable income of these farm households. The study has suggested to further exploit the potential of off-farm sources towards meeting the domestic expenditure. Also, the technical efficiency of crops and dairy farming should be improved to provide more income to farmers.
