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- Responsiveness of Dairy Research in Generating Improved Dairy Practices in West Shewa Zone of Oromia, Ethiopia
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1 Department of Rural Development and Agricultural Extension, Ambo University, AMBO, ET
2 National Dairy Research Institute, KARNAL (HARYANA), IN
1 Department of Rural Development and Agricultural Extension, Ambo University, AMBO, ET
2 National Dairy Research Institute, KARNAL (HARYANA), IN
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Research Journal of Animal Husbandry & Dairy Science, Vol 7, No 1 (2016), Pagination: 39-46Abstract
Dairy research has been undertaking since 1960s in Ethiopia. However, the majority of the farmers still continue to adopt traditional dairy practices. This study was made to look into the current status of dairy research in generating responsive improved dairy practices. To achieve the objective of the study, cross sectional survey was employed using 50 researchers in the area of livestock sector. A systematic sampling technique was employed to identify the sample respondents. Holistically, to capture all the relevant information, mixed methods such as focus group discussion, key informant interview, questionnaire and observation were used for data collection. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, content analysis and ranking. The study clearly indicated that the improved dairy practices generation process of the study area was less responsive mainly due to lack of clear dairy research strategy. Evidently, low dairy productivity and low level use of improved dairy practices are the key indicators. Likewise, inadequate laboratory equipments, inadequate laboratory facility (building) and inadequate budget support were the central constraints of the dairy research in order of their importance. Generally, in the dairy research efforts of several decades, the numbers of generated, disseminated and adopted improved dairy practices were not worth mentioning. It necessitates formulation of dairy research strategy that leads to the generation of responsive improved dairy practices which, in turn, brings significant impact on the dairy development.Keywords
Dairy Research, Improved Dairy Practices, Livestock, Responsive.
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- Social Engineering of Societal Knowledge in Livestock Science:Can we be More Empathetic?
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Authors
R. K. Ravikumar
1,
Devesh Thakur
2,
Hardev Choudhary
1,
Vivek Kumar
1,
Amol S. Kinhekar
1,
Tushar Garg
1,
K. Ponnusamy
3,
G. R. Bhojne
4,
Vasanth M. Shetty
5,
Vipin Kumar
1
Affiliations
1 National Innovation Foundation-India, Satellite Complex, Ahmedabad-380015, Gujarat, IN
2 Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension Education, Dr. GC Negi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176062, Himachal Pradesh, IN
3 Division of Dairy Extension, ICAR- National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal-132001, Haryana, IN
4 Department of Clinical Medicine, Ethics & Jurisprudence, Nagpur Veterinary College, Maharashtra Animal & Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur-440001, Maharashtra, IN
5 Veterinary College, Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University, Hassan-573202, Karnataka, IN
1 National Innovation Foundation-India, Satellite Complex, Ahmedabad-380015, Gujarat, IN
2 Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension Education, Dr. GC Negi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176062, Himachal Pradesh, IN
3 Division of Dairy Extension, ICAR- National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal-132001, Haryana, IN
4 Department of Clinical Medicine, Ethics & Jurisprudence, Nagpur Veterinary College, Maharashtra Animal & Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur-440001, Maharashtra, IN
5 Veterinary College, Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University, Hassan-573202, Karnataka, IN
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Veterinary World, Vol 10, No 1 (2017), Pagination: 86-91Abstract
Questions are raised in effective utilization of farmer’s wisdom by communities in their farming. Planners support to livelihood emphasize mostly of inputs from outside and not setting up sustainable goals. Formal institutions and planners of program are finding constraints and sceptical in wider dissemination of indigenous knowledge research system (IKRS). This is in spite of evidence that considerable number of farmer’s in livestock sector depends on IKRS. In this context, it is pertinent to showcase dissemination potential of these knowledge system(s) in larger geographical areas. The review illustrates different challenges encountered while control of livestock ailments like ectoparasite infestation through IKRS. Several times, it was opinioned to provide or share IKRS to thwart ailments in a specific region. This is interesting as it was narrated how formal system is unable to recognize farmer’s problem and challenges in integrating these sustainable practices. It has to be noted that disseminating activities seldom takes into account the experimental potential of farmers. This review paper articulates various evidences generated in enhancing diffusion thereby dissemination of IKRS. The nature of support extended by IKRS in entrepreneurial activity of smallholder farming units did not get adequate recognition. There needs to be minimum standard protocol in deriving benefit from such low-cost alternative technologies. This will enrich incremental innovation activities as per location specific need and provide scope for wider dissemination.Keywords
Health, Indigenous Knowledge, Innovation, Institution, Livestock, Technology.Full Text
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- Technical Efficiency of Cooperative Member Vis-A-Vis Non-Member Dairy Farms in Gujarat-Application of Data Envelopment Analysis
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Authors
Darshnaben Mahida
1,
R. Sendhil
1,
Smita Sirohi
1,
B. S. Chandel
1,
K. Ponnusamy
1,
Gopal Sankhala
1
Affiliations
1 Division of Dairy Economics, Statistics and Management, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal - 132 001, Haryana, IN
1 Division of Dairy Economics, Statistics and Management, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal - 132 001, Haryana, IN
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Indian Journal of Economics and Development, Vol 6, No 2 (2018), Pagination: 1-9Abstract
Objectives: To compare the technical efficiency scores of dairy cooperative member and non-member farms across the districts in Gujarat selected from regions having different level of dairy development.
Methods/Statistical Analysis: The present study has analyzed and compared the technical efficiency of 180 dairy farmers using a non-parametric approach i.e., Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The study is based on the primary data collected during 2016-17 using a well-structured, comprehensive and pre-tested interview schedule. Apart from conventional analysis, box-plot and scatter-plot were used to compare the efficiency scores.
Findings: The investigation identified regional disparities in efficiency scores based on dairy development. The DEA results showed that member farmers of the district selected from low (Tapi), moderate (Bharuch) and highly (Anand) dairy developed regions were more efficient than their respective non-member counterpart. Similarly, the overall comparison between dairy cooperative members and non-members showed that the efficiency of member farmers was 83.27% while for non-members it was 75.31%. Further, the results revealed that small herd size farmers were most efficient in both member (87.21%) and non-member (81.59%) categories. The paper established that membership in dairy cooperatives; herd size as well as status of dairy development in a region greatly influences the technical efficiency of farmers.
Application/Improvements: Overall, the study concludes that 24.69% and 16.73% inefficiency exist respectively in dairy cooperatives non-member and member farms indicating the scope for increasing the realized output with same level of resources and production technology.
Keywords
Gujarat, Technical Efficiency, Dairy Cooperatives, Member, Non-Member, Data Envelopment Analysis.Full Text
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- Tracking the Disparities in Gujarat Dairy Development – An Application of Biplot Analysis
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Authors
Darshnaben P. Mahida
1,
R. Sendhil
2,
Smita Sirohi
1,
B. S. Chandel
1,
K. Ponnusamy
1,
Gopal Sankhala
1
Affiliations
1 ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal 132 001, IN
2 ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal 132 001, IN
1 ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal 132 001, IN
2 ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal 132 001, IN
Source
Current Science, Vol 114, No 10 (2018), Pagination: 2151-2155Abstract
Gujarat, despite being a highly progressive state of India in terms of dairying, has great potential to enhance its milk production and make dairying a more lucrative enterprise. It is home to many high quality dairy animal breeds and has a very active milk cooperative structure which can accelerate the possibilities of uplifting the level of milk production further, if proper and balanced micro level development policies are promoted. The present study depicts the causes for disparities besides analysing the strengths and weaknesses in dairying across 26 districts in Gujarat. To identify and capture the variation in resource use which causes disparities in dairy development, the principal component analysis-based biplot technique was employed. Data on different variables like resource availability, infrastructure and veterinary facilities, and, milking animals and their yields have been sourced from 26 districts of Gujarat for tracing the disparity. The conclusions drawn from the biplot imply that promoting the quality of animal breeds and increasing the population of high yielding cattle breeds in low-developed districts can lead to high milk production. In the setting of increased milk production, the cooperative milk marketing structure will become more dynamic and result in enhanced income for dairy producers.Keywords
Biplot, Eigen Value, Gujarat Dairy Development, PCA, Regional Disparity.Full Text
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