Department of Animal Science and Dairying, Adarsh College, Hingoli-431 513, India.
1 Corresponding author Email ID: ptgangasagre@yahoo.com.
2. Dept. of Animal Husbandry & Dairy Science, Marathwada Agricultural University, Parbhani E-mail ID: laxman.karanjkar@yahoo.com.
The investigation was conducted to review the situation of dairying in Marathwada with the objectives to study various trends of milk production and socio-economic status of the dairy farmers. The survey work was carried out on 295 dairy farmers from the milk pocket area of eight districts of Marathwada region. Higher proportions of the dairy farmers were enjoying the benefits of co-operative societies. Twenty per cent dairy farmers believed in proper supply of quality feeds at subsidized rate, 74 per cent dairy farmers have availed the financial facility, 4 per cent get the technical advice from society and only — dairy farmers satisfied with the purchase rate of milk of the society.
Marathwada, Dairy co-operative societies
