Vol. 10, Special Issue 8 (2021)

Author(s):
Kishan Raj and Dr. Ramachandra

Abstract:
The study examined the influence of cooperative milk collection centre on socio-economic conditions of farmers in Madhepura District, Bihar. The Dairy farmers sell their milk in bulk at Gaushala Chowk, a COMFED chilling plant. The primary data was gathered through a random sample method from a total of 120 cooperative farmers. The present collection centre covers 4 villages with approximately 1200 dairy farmers with more than 26 lakh litres of milk collected in the last 12 months. The average herd size was 4.17, 8.43 and 15.25 per small dairy farmer, medium dairy farmer and large dairy farmer, respectively. The major component of variable costs incurred were feed which includes green fodder, dry fodder, concentrates and grains. The average total variable cost incurred by per dairy farmer per year was ₹ 140614.00, ₹ 355097.00 and ₹ 623110.00 for small, medium and large dairy farmer, respectively. The total cost of producing milk per dairy farmer per year was ₹ 146149.75, ₹ 367828.13 and ₹ 644107.63 for small, medium and large dairy farmers, respectively. The net return obtained per farmer per year was ₹ 38345.25, ₹ 76188.37 and ₹ 249750.37 by small, medium and large dairy farmer, respectively.