Impact of Dairy On Small and Marginal Farmers

Contents: Preface. 1 Introduction. 2. Studies on impact of dairy development. 3. Agricultural profile of Karnataka. 4. Indian diary industry: an overview. 5. Dairy farming in Karnataka: a critical analysis. 6. Profile of Chitradurga District. 7. Impact of dairy on farm income and employment. 8. Conclusion and policy perspectives. Appendix. Bibliography.

"The book deals with the economic impact of dairy on the farming society in general, and small and marginal farmers in particular. Agriculture in India has transitioned from being of subsistence backward and nature to be modern in appearance and capitalistic in orientation in the recent years. The Green Revolution has brought about significant changes in the farm economy in India. The book provides a broad view of dairy development in India and Karnataka which is the combined effect of agricultural development and diary cooperative movement. An analysis of agricultural development in Karnataka vis-a-vis dairy development is interesting and quite thought providing in the book. How diary development as a movement has helped the farming communities in eking out a better living for themselves is thoroughly discussed and analysed based on both the Secondary and primary data. The author is quite critical in his approach towards understanding the dairy development process in both India and Karnataka. The book provides the required insights for critical understanding of policies and programmes of the state and the effectivity of such programmes on the process of dairying among small and marginal farmers in Karnataka. The suggestions provided in the book for policy revisions and new programme development for expanding the diary initiatives for enhancing milk production are worthy of consideration." (jacket)