1Ph.D. Scholars, and Principal Scientist, Dairy Economics, Statistics and Management Division, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute (Deemed University), Karnal-132001, (Haryana)
2Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa-848125, Bihar)
*Corresponding author's email: amitthakur5920@gmail.com
Online published on 27 August, 2020.
The shorter food supply chains were the emerging trend in the agro-food system. The characteristic of local food supply chains are regional, freshness, quality products, and health benefits to the consumers. The present study explores the existing local dairy supply chains in the Haryana state. The local dairy supply chains were analysed and found that the shorter milk supply chains were more profitable with reduced intermediaries and higher producer shares in consumer rupees for all dairy products. The supply chains which involved intermediaries had lesser cost per unit of operation in dairy processing but fetched lower prices due to the quality issues and more distance travelled by dairy products. The economic viability and financial position of the processing units exhibited favourable results for both supply chains but it was higher for Supply Chain-I.
Local dairy, Profitability, Supply chain
