Vol. 12, Issue 8 (2023)

Author(s):
Manunayaka G and K Ponnusamy

Abstract:
Dairy farming in India is largely undertaken by small and marginal category farmers who possess more than 70 per cent of the milch animals (www.nabard.org). Majority of these farmers belong to downtrodden communities, especially Scheduled Castes who possess meagre or no land and earn their livelihood through dairying or farm labour. Dairy farming is good option for women of these communities when their male partners become wage earners as also it is a woman dominated enterprise. These farmers have limited access to information, inputs, credit, and training because of the socio-economic limitations as well as poor educational status. Therefore, various extension efforts are to be made for proper identification of these farmers on a group basis to effectively target and channelize the benefits for their socio-economic upliftment and technological empowerment.