Vol. 12, Issue 2 (2023)

Author(s):
Subhash Kumar Saurav, Ritu Chakravarty, Vani Chandran, Sruthi CO, Saurabh Pandey and Shubham Mishra

Abstract:
The improvement of farmers' economic circumstances is greatly aided by dairy farming. The study was conducted to investigate the socio-economic profile of the dairy farmers of Northern Bihar. The current study examines several aspects of dairy farming as well as the current state of milk production, consumption, and sale. A total of 180 respondents with at least five years of experience in dairy farming and at least one animal in milk were interviewed using a semi-structured interview schedule to gather data about the socioeconomic status of dairy farmers. From the study, it was observed that most (40.56%) of the respondents belonged to the middle age group, and majority of them were male. Most (43.33%) of the respondents belonged to the medium family size and the majority (53.33%) of the respondents belonged to nuclear family. The majority (73.33%) of the respondents practiced agriculture as their primary occupation and majority (56.66%) of respondents were marginal farmers. Majority (68.00%) of the respondents had small herd size. Most (38.33%) of the respondents had medium mass media exposure, and the majority had medium extension contact.