Milk disposal and consumption pattern by milk producers in Western Uttar Pradesh.

摘要

A study was conducted to know the impact of being the suppliers of dairy cooperative society and the size of land holding, on milch herd composition and disposal pattern of milk in western U. P. Moradabad district with longest history of dairy cooperative was taken under study. 120 non-suppliers and 120 suppliers of dairy cooperatives were interviewed. Large farmers in both the groups stood first in size of milch stock (4.07 and 5.16 heads), milk production (31.85 and 39.30 litres per day) and milk marketing of surplus (19.11 and 23.99 litres per day). There were 78.62 percent buffaloes, 11.23 percent desi cows and 10.15 percent crossbred cows with the suppliers. The respective figures for non-suppliers were 75.66, 18.73 and 5.61. Milk production was highest for crossbred cows, ranging from 8.45 to 12.11 litres per day, followed by buffaloes (5.64 to 8.34 litres) and desi cows (3.62 to 4.83 litres). Proportion of milk retained for family consumption was 41.71 percent in non-suppliers and 40.19 percent in suppliers. Landless and marginal farmers were using 56.48 to 88.66 percent of milk retained in fluid form in various seasons, while small, medium and large farmers were converting a major proportion (50.36 to 68.12 percent) into products. In the non-suppliers, landless labourers and marginal farmers were selling 68.32 and 59.46 percent to consumers directly or to halwais respectively. Milk consumption varied from 222 gms. per capita among landless category of non-suppliers in summer to 721 gms. per capita in winter, among large farmer category of suppliers. Hence, milch stock size, productivity of animals, milk production, milk flow towards milk vendors, total consumption and conversion of retained milk into products was positively associated with land holding size, while the share of milk used in fluid form was negatively associated with landholding size. Landless labourers, marginal farmers and large farmers have been adopting commercialization of dairying, in the region, while small and medium farmers are keeping milch animals mainly for their domestic use..