Livestock Trade in Semi-Subsistence type of Rural Economy: A Case Study from Uttar Pradesh, India

The paper attempts that seasons as basic determents of the livestock trade in monsoon India. To analysis livestock trade by uses and seasons, 14 rural markets were selected on the basis of stratified random sampling where four times field surveys were conducted in agricultural year, 2005–06. The analysis of data indicates that higher livestock were traded in the pre-monsoon and cool seasons. Trade deviations for buffalo 17%, cattle 9%, and goats 12% show influence of agricultural operations, weather and matrimonial seasons. The demand livestock for rearing, meat and milk varies in different seasons with the symbiosis of socio-economic conditions in the study area.