ANALYSIS OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE OF DAIRY FARMERS IN VILUPPURAM DISTRICT OF TAMIL NADU

P. Eyazhini; C. Manivannan; P. Thilakar; A. Serma Saravana Pandian

ANALYSIS OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE OF DAIRY FARMERS IN VILUPPURAM DISTRICT OF TAMIL NADU

2022

P. Eyazhini | C. Manivannan | P. Thilakar | A. Serma Saravana Pandian

Dairying as an occupation supports and sustains the livelihood of a large number of rural people in India, especially small farmers, marginal farmers and landless labourers. To study the socio-economic profile of the dairy farmers, Viluppuram district of Tamil Nadu state was purposively selected on the basis of high cattle population. Out of the nine taluks in Viluppuram district, two taluks, namely Viluppuram and Tindivanam taluks were randomly selected from which five villages each were selected. From each of the selected villages, 10 respondents were selected randomly leading to a total of 100 respondents. The findings of the study revealed that half of the respondents were old aged, had secondary to graduate level of education and had agriculture + livestock and wages + livestock + agriculture as their occupation. Majority of the respondents also had large herd size of more than four animals with 11-20 years of dairy farming experience and no participation in training programme. Majority of the respondents had medium level of annual income, economic motivation, mass media exposure, contact with extension agency, risk orientation, proximity to marketing channels, knowledge about improved dairy husbandry practices and decision making behaviour.

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