Division of Agricultural Economics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, New Delhi-110 012, India
*Corresponding author's e-mail: bisumondal@rediffmail.com and Address: Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI), Cuttack – 753 006, Odisha
#The article is based on the part of PhD thesis (2011) submitted to IARI, New Delhi by the first author
The study focuses on the characterization of livestock production system in the watersheds in Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh. Data were collected from 240 households selected from eight watersheds and eight control villages. A probit analysis was done for identifying the factors which influence the livestock ownership by the sample households and multiple regression models were fitted to identify the determinants of livestock holding and income from livestock enterprises. The study indicated a larger holding size per household and unit land area in watersheds than control villages. Land holding size and off-farm income were the significant factors which influence livestock ownership as well as holding. Livestock enterprises contributed very low share of income at both watershed as well as control villages. There is a need to integrate livestock improvement activities explicitly in the planning and implementation of watershed programmes in the country.
Livestock, Probit analysis, Regression analysis, Watershed
