Food safety measures and food security of smallholder dairy farmers: Empirical evidence from Bihar, India

Using farm‐level data from dairy farmers in India's Bihar state and the two‐stage residual inclusion method, this study investigates the impact of the adoption of food safety measures (FSMs) on milk yield and profitability of smallholder dairy farms. This study reveals that herd size and experience...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Anjani, Mishra, Ashok K., Saroj, Sunil, Sonkar, Vinay Kumar, Thapa, Ganesh, Joshi, Pramod Kumar
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142270
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author Kumar, Anjani
Mishra, Ashok K.
Saroj, Sunil
Sonkar, Vinay Kumar
Thapa, Ganesh
Joshi, Pramod Kumar
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Mishra, Ashok K.
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Sonkar, Vinay Kumar
Thapa, Ganesh
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Sonkar, Vinay Kumar
Thapa, Ganesh
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description Using farm‐level data from dairy farmers in India's Bihar state and the two‐stage residual inclusion method, this study investigates the impact of the adoption of food safety measures (FSMs) on milk yield and profitability of smallholder dairy farms. This study reveals that herd size and experience in dairy farming have a significant effect on the number of FSMs smallholders adopt. An additional FSM increases milk yield by about 1% and profitability by about 2.3%. An extra year of education increases yield and profits by about 3.8% and 4.9%, respectively. The government could design and incentivize policies that help increase herd size and promote better housing conditions for animals, thus promoting the uptake of FSMs and increased milk yield and profitability. [EconLit Citations: Q12, Q16, Q18].
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spelling CGSpace1422702025-02-24T06:49:33Z Food safety measures and food security of smallholder dairy farmers: Empirical evidence from Bihar, India Kumar, Anjani Mishra, Ashok K. Saroj, Sunil Sonkar, Vinay Kumar Thapa, Ganesh Joshi, Pramod Kumar milk production policies dairy farms milk yield food safety smallholders food security livestock Using farm‐level data from dairy farmers in India's Bihar state and the two‐stage residual inclusion method, this study investigates the impact of the adoption of food safety measures (FSMs) on milk yield and profitability of smallholder dairy farms. This study reveals that herd size and experience in dairy farming have a significant effect on the number of FSMs smallholders adopt. An additional FSM increases milk yield by about 1% and profitability by about 2.3%. An extra year of education increases yield and profits by about 3.8% and 4.9%, respectively. The government could design and incentivize policies that help increase herd size and promote better housing conditions for animals, thus promoting the uptake of FSMs and increased milk yield and profitability. [EconLit Citations: Q12, Q16, Q18]. 2020-03-01 2024-05-22T12:10:15Z 2024-05-22T12:10:15Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142270 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146502 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146249 https://doi.org/10.2499/1020502878 Limited Access John Wiley & Sons Kumar, Anjani; Mishra, Ashok K.; Saroj, Sunil; Sonkar, Vinay Kumar; Thapa, Ganesh B.; and Joshi, Pramod Kumar. 2020. Food safety measures and food security of smallholder dairy farmers: Empirical evidence from Bihar, India. Agribusiness 36(3): 363-384. https://doi.org/10.1002/agr.21643
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dairy farms
milk yield
food safety
smallholders
food security
livestock
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Mishra, Ashok K.
Saroj, Sunil
Sonkar, Vinay Kumar
Thapa, Ganesh
Joshi, Pramod Kumar
Food safety measures and food security of smallholder dairy farmers: Empirical evidence from Bihar, India
title Food safety measures and food security of smallholder dairy farmers: Empirical evidence from Bihar, India
title_full Food safety measures and food security of smallholder dairy farmers: Empirical evidence from Bihar, India
title_fullStr Food safety measures and food security of smallholder dairy farmers: Empirical evidence from Bihar, India
title_full_unstemmed Food safety measures and food security of smallholder dairy farmers: Empirical evidence from Bihar, India
title_short Food safety measures and food security of smallholder dairy farmers: Empirical evidence from Bihar, India
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policies
dairy farms
milk yield
food safety
smallholders
food security
livestock
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