ISSN : 0975-3710
EISSN : 0975-9107
V.K. KAUTHALE1*, S.R. CHIRFARE2, J.R. KHADSE3
1BAIF Development Research Foundation, Pune 411058, India
2BAIF Development Research Foundation, Pune 411058, India
3BAIF Development Research Foundation, Pune 411058, India
* Corresponding Author : vitthal.kauthale@baif.org.in
Received : 02-06-2019 Accepted : 12-07-2019 Published : 15-07-2019
Volume : 11 Issue : 13 Pages : 8744 - 8746
Int J Agr Sci 11.13 (2019):8744-8746
Keywords : Animal management practices, Dairy farmers, Red kandhari, Socio economic status
Academic Editor : Dr G Thiyagarajan
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : The authors are thankful to Rajiv Gandhi Science & Technology Commission, Government of Maharashtra for financial support, Dr. A. B. Pande for his encouragement and suggestions in this study and Mr. N. L. Phadke for statistical data analysis. Author are also thankful to BAIF Development Research Foundation, Pune 411058, India
Author Contribution : Shivaji Chirfare was involved in field survey, data collection and tabulation, Vitthal Kauthale and Jayant Khadse contributed in data analysis, interpretation of results and writing the manuscripts
The study was conducted to evaluate the socio-economic status of Red Kandhari cattle rearing farmers during the year 2015-16 in Kandhar block of Nanded district in Maharashtra. Data on family background, land holding, animal management practices were collected from the farmers through interview and specially designed questionnaire. The majority of livestock farmers (64.56 percent) lived in nuclear family; small family size (64.56 percent) and 79.64 percent farmers were literate. Majority of Red Kandhari animals (61.61 percent) were owned by farmers having small family size. Animal husbandry was the main source of livelihood. Livestock farming was the main source of livelihood of majority of the farmers (88.07 percent) had small land holding below 5 acres, 53.14 percent farmers had medium herd size (6-10 animals). The animal breeding was undertaken by Natural service (66.31 percent). The animal housing was low cost kaccha type (85.32 percent). The 79.72 percent farmers grazed their animals and remaining animals were stallfed, 72.02 percent farmers followed deworming and 83.21 percent vaccinated animals. About 48.95 percent farmers were rearing Red Kandhari animals for milk and draught purpose. All farmers followed clean milk production practices.
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