Vol. 9, Special Issue 2 (2024)

Author(s): Sumi Princess C, Dinesh Kumar, Sandeep Saran, Sanjay Kumar, Chitra Juniwal, Maria Anto Dani Nishanth J and Dinesh D

Abstract: The study was undertaken to analyse the socio-economic status of dairy farmers in Tamil Nadu. Primary data were collected from two districts with the help of a structured interview schedule by personally interviewing the farmers during the year 2022-2023 and chi-square test was used to draw significant conclusions regarding the socioeconomic profile of respondents. Most of the dairy farmers in the study area were small, rearing 2-8 breedable bovine and having average herd size of five animals. The socio-economic profile of dairy farmers in the study area shows that majority of farmers were middle-aged (59%), having educational qualification up to primary level (39.5%) with medium-sized family. Most of them had marginal landholdings (64.5%) and 57% of respondents rely on agriculture as main occupation and livestock as subsidiary occupation. Most of the farmers belonged to OBC (81%) and followed Hinduism (75.5%). Further, the study revealed that majority of respondents belonged to low annual income group.