Study on cost-benefit analysis of milk production in western part of U.P.

Abstract

The study conducted in western Uttar Pradesh with a view to analyzing the cost benefit and input -output relation in milk production on selected 50 dairy units were categorized onto I, II, III and IV on the basis of their ownership groups. It revealed that the average maintenance cost were Rs.31.48, Rs.35.00, Rs. 55.60 and Rs.43.03 per animal head per day and the input output ratio to total cost were 1:1.66, 1:1.47, 1:1.64 and 1:0.84 in the groups respectively. The percentage of break- even point have been estimated as 29.06, 98.63, 23.90 and 48.46 accordingly indicating no significant difference between groups .The organizational farm of IIIrd group receiving more net income as Rs. 21388.85 in compression to other dairies. It was also observed that the dairies having cows only receiving more returns in comparison to buffaloes and dairies having both species. Perhaps, it is due to the inclusion of more number of sahiwal crossbreds. Thus, Crossbreds were found more beneficial than indigenous cows in the study area.