Socio-economic profile of dairy farmers in Latur district of Maharashtra
Author(s): Priyanka P Gavhane, Jyoti M Deshmukh, Dineshsingh S Chauhan, Tejashri P Dahiphale and Pooja S Gurav
Abstract: The socio-economic profile of dairy farmers in the Latur district of Maharashtra, India, a region characterized by its agricultural diversity and growing dairy industry. With a focus on understanding the demographic, economic, and social factors influencing dairy farming practices, this research utilizes a combination of quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews with local dairy farmers. The present study was conducted in Deoni, Udgir and Ahmedpur tehsils of Latur district from Marathwada region of Maharashtra State in 2024-2025, four villages from each tehsil were selected. Total twelve villages were selected for research study. Ten respondents were selected from each village and hence 120 respondents were selected for the study. Ex-post facto research design was used for the study. As regard with the profile of dairy farmers it was observed that, 63.34% farmers belong to middle age group, about half of farmers educated up higher secondary level, more two third (62.50%) of dairy farmers have middle size family, majority (39.17%) of farmers having semi medium land holding, majority (75%.00) dairy farmers having medium level of annual income, 70.00% of dairy farmers having medium dairy experience, majority (70.00%) of dairy farmers medium social participation,74.00% farmers used medium sources of information, maximum farmers possessed medium herd size of animals, about 30.00% of dairy farmers having Tie-stall housing pattern, less than half (46.67%) of dairy farmers possessed medium category of feeding pattern, less than two third (62.50%) of dairy farmers possessed medium category of economic motivation and about three forth (75.83%) of dairy farmers possessed medium category of Market orientation.
