The extent and structure of peri-urban smallholder dairy farming in five cities in India

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUppsala Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationSwedish University of Agricultural Sciencesen
cg.contributor.affiliationPublic Health Foundation of Indiaen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Liègeen
cg.contributor.affiliationGuru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationAssam Agricultural Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationKarnataka Veterinary Animal and Fisheries Sciences Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationRajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciencesen
cg.contributor.affiliationKalinga Institute of Industrial Technology Universityen
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.donorInternational Development Research Centreen
cg.coverage.countryIndia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2IN
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.creator.identifierJohanna Lindahl: 0000-0002-1175-0398
cg.creator.identifierDelia Grace: 0000-0002-0195-9489
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.00359en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2297-1769en
cg.journalFrontiers in Veterinary Scienceen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriAGRICULTUREen
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL PRODUCTIONen
cg.subject.ilriDAIRYINGen
cg.subject.ilriFOOD SECURITYen
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen
cg.volume7en
dc.contributor.authorLindahl, Johanna F.en
dc.contributor.authorChauhan, A.en
dc.contributor.authorGill, J.P.S.en
dc.contributor.authorHazarika, R.A.en
dc.contributor.authorFairoze, N.M.en
dc.contributor.authorGrace, Deliaen
dc.contributor.authorGaurav, A.en
dc.contributor.authorSatpathy, S.K.en
dc.contributor.authorKakkar, M.en
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-30T14:16:25Zen
dc.date.available2020-07-30T14:16:25Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/108903
dc.titleThe extent and structure of peri-urban smallholder dairy farming in five cities in Indiaen
dcterms.abstractLivestock keeping is common in many cities in India, driven by the demand for animal-source foods, particularly perishable milk. We selected five cities from different regions of the country and conducted a census in 34 randomly selected peri-urban villages to identify and describe all smallholder dairy farms. In total 1,690 smallholder dairy farms were identified, keeping on average 2.2 milking cows and 0.7 milking buffaloes. In Bhubaneswar, the proportion of cows milking was only 50%, but in other cities it was 63–73%. In two of the five cities, more than 90% of the farmers stated that dairy production was their main source of income, while <50% in the other cities reported this. In one of the cities, only 36% of the households kept milk for themselves. Market channels varied considerably; in one city about 90% of farms sold milk to traders, in another, 90% sold to the dairy cooperative, and in another around 90% sold directly to consumers. In conclusion, peri-urban dairy systems in India are important but also varying between different cities, with only one city, Bengaluru, having a well-developed cooperative system, and the northeastern poorer region being more dependent on traders. Further studies may be needed to elucidate the importance and to design appropriate developmental interventions.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2020-07-03
dcterms.bibliographicCitationLindahl, J.F., Chauhan, A., Gill, J.P.S., Hazarika, R.A., Fairoze, N.M., Grace, D., Gaurav, A., Satpathy, S.K. and Kakkar, M. 2020. The extent and structure of peri-urban smallholder dairy farming in five cities in India. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 7: 359.en
dcterms.issued2020-07-03
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherFrontiers Mediaen
dcterms.subjectdairyingen
dcterms.subjectlivestocken
dcterms.subjectanimal productionen
dcterms.subjecturban agricultureen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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