Patterns and drivers of dairy development in India: insights from analysis of household and district-level data

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dc.creatorKishore, Avinash
dc.creatorBirthal, P.S.
dc.creatorJoshi, Pramod K.
dc.creatorShah, Tushaar
dc.creatorSaini, A.
dc.date2016
dc.date2017-05-23T04:16:48Z
dc.date2017-05-23T04:16:48Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:24:53Z
dc.descriptionTraditionally, Indian farmers kept bovines, especially cattle, for draught purposes in agriculture and transportation with milk as an adjunct. However, with increasing farm mechanization and rising demand for milk, the bovine functions have shifted more towards dairying. While bovine population has been increasing, the chronic scarcity of feed and fodder reinforces the need for optimization of bovine population for sustainable growth of dairying. In this paper, using district-level data from 1997 to 2007, we show that this transformation from draught to dairying is underway in some parts of the country, and further using household-level data, we find that smallholders have contributed disproportionately more to this transformation. This transformation or intensification of dairying is demand-driven with urbanization having a strong positive influence on dairy development. On the supply-side, factors like farm mechanization, improved access to groundwater irrigation and crop diversification away from cereals, are associated with a shift in the bovine economy from draught to dairying.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/81162
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/155090
dc.languageen
dc.publisherDiva Enterprises Private Limited
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceKishore, A.; Birthal, P. S.; Joshi, P. K.; Shah, Tushaar; Saini, A. 2016. Patterns and drivers of dairy development in India: insights from analysis of household and district-level data. Agricultural Economics Research Review, 29(1):1-14. doi: 10.5958/0974-0279.2016.00014.8
dc.subjectdairy production
dc.subjectmilk production
dc.subjecthouseholds
dc.subjectsmallholders
dc.subjecturbanization
dc.subjectcrop production
dc.subjectcrop management
dc.subjectdiversification
dc.subjectfarmers
dc.subjectbovines
dc.subjectcattle
dc.subjectbuffaloes
dc.subjectgroundwater
dc.subjectland ownership
dc.subjectpopulation density
dc.subjectfertilizer application
dc.subjecteconomic growth
dc.subjectdairy farming
dc.subjectmechanization
dc.subjectdairy industry
dc.titlePatterns and drivers of dairy development in India: insights from analysis of household and district-level data
dc.typeJournal Article

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