CONSTRAINTS PERCEIVED BY DAIRY FARMERS OF KERALA AFFECTING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE DAIRY SE

Abstract

The study was conducted in among the dairy farmers of Kerala, with a view to find out the perception of the farmers regarding the major constraints in dairy farming. The constraints were grouped as five major areasvof dairying viz. Feeding, breeding, health care, policy related and marketing constraints.vData was collected from 350 farmers using a structured schedule, by personal interviewbtechnique. The farmers/farm households were categorized into small or subsistence farms (1-2bcows), medium (3-10 cows) and large farms (more than 10 cows). Price of concentrate feed was the major constraint in all the farm sizesband in overall the overall ranking. The price ofbconcentrate, infertility, high cost of veterinary medicine and inadequate price of milk were thebmajor constraints perceived by the dairy farmers in different areas of production in Kerala

Keywords

• constraints
• dairy farmer