National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692 Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Livestock farming is livelihood source to millions of small, marginal and landless farmers in India. These farmers face numerous challenges in livestock feeding, poor animal health care, weak extension services, poor credit mechanisms and improper milk marketing. Many of these challenges can be solved by organizing farmers into collective action. Co-operatives as means to collectivize dairy farming have made limited success in India. Therefore, alternative institutional mechanisms for farmer collectivization are needed. Milk producer companies as hybrid of dairy co-operatives and business companies are an emerging concept. Experiences of many milk producer companies suggest that members benefit from improved delivery of input mechanisms and also have better access to milk marketing. Milk producers are able to receive quality inputs at lower prices, provision of artificial insemination and veterinary services improves, extension advisory services are more regular and milk marketing improves considerably. The empirical reviews on functioning and operations of milk producer companies are lacking under Indian context. The present article would be useful for grass root dairy development organizations to orient their activities in this direction.
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