1ICAR-Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi – 284 003, Uttar Pradesh
2ICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Regional Research Station, Pali-Marwar – 306 401, Rajasthan
3ICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute, KVK, Jodhpur – 342 003, Rajasthan
4International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Hyderabad-502 324, Telangana
Online published on 24 February, 2018.
This paper has investigated the economics of camel breeding enterprise by collecting primary data for the period 2007–2012 from randomly selected 157 camel breeders’ households in western and southern Rajasthan. Camel breeding has been found as the main occupation for more than 90 per cent of sample households with average herd-size of 37 and 21 camels in western and southern Rajasthan, respectively. The average net returns per camel per year have been estimated at 7147 and 101451 with B: C ratio of 1.05 and 1.99 in western and southern Rajasthan, respectively. The camel herding has been found a financially viable enterprise in both the regions of Rajasthan with a payback period of 04 to 08 years, positive net present value (NPV), and internal rate of return (IRR) of 27.55 and 55.73 per cent. The study has emphasized on making efforts for sustainable management of camel production system and improve camel breeders’ livelihoods.
Camel breeding, cost and returns, Rajasthan
