Vol. 11, Special Issue 10 (2022)

Author(s):
Aneetta V Antony, Ajay Verma, Udita Choudhary, Biswajit Sen and Anil Kumar Dixit

Abstract:
Endogenous switching regression model was used to assess the economic performance of dairy farmers conditional on the adoption status of clean and safe milk production practices from a total sample size of 210 farmers that selected from three districts, Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram and Palakkad of Kerala. Adopter farmers' mean yield raised by 4.72 percent while adopting practices, whereas non-adopter farmers' mean yield raised by 7.34 percent while adopting practices. Non-adopters daily income from dairy had increased to the tune of 42.72 percent. The majority of adopters sold their milk to dairy cooperatives. In contrast to household consumers who paid Rs. 55–60 /lit for the purchased milk, dairy cooperatives only paid the farmers Rs. 38–40/lit. The study also found that farmers choose dairy cooperatives as a marketing channel under excess in the region. Improving conditions for animals positively influenced the adoption of milk safety measures, which ultimately helped the dairy farmers to increase milk yield and total income.