Comparative profile of milk producers in different marketing systems

On comparison of three milk procurement systems of open economy namely vendor, cooperative and integrated contract system members of integrated contract system were found to have better education and landholdings. Among the members of vendor and cooperatives there was less remarkable difference in e...

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Main Authors: Thirunavukkarasu, D., Sudeepkumar, N.K.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: 2006
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/29111
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Sudeepkumar, N.K.
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description On comparison of three milk procurement systems of open economy namely vendor, cooperative and integrated contract system members of integrated contract system were found to have better education and landholdings. Among the members of vendor and cooperatives there was less remarkable difference in education, but better land holdings were noticed in cooperative system. Majority of the farmers had dairying as subsidiary occupation and wide range of experience. The members of cooperatives and integrated contract systems had better herd size and dairy income than the farmers of vendor system. But between cooperative and contract system, members, there was not much remarkable difference in herd size and dairy income. The credit behaviour and investment by cooperative and integrated members was higher than vendor system members. On comparing cooperative and contract system members, the cooperative members showed better credit behaviour and higher investment. Members in contract system had better extension agency contact followed by members of cooperatives. But the members of cooperative had better mass media exposure than others. Similarly, majority of members of the cooperative and integrated contract systems had medium to high level of economic motivation. Members of vendor system had low degree economic motivation on comparison. Majority of the members of all the three systems had medium to high level of aspiration in dairy farming. But the above differences were not significant between cooperative and integrated contract farming systems. Significant differences were observed between vendor and organised system cooperative/integrated contract farming system.
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spelling CGSpace291112022-01-29T16:01:57Z Comparative profile of milk producers in different marketing systems Thirunavukkarasu, D. Sudeepkumar, N.K. milk production marketing techniques cooperatives farmers [agricultural population] livestock numbers income credit monitoring farming systems On comparison of three milk procurement systems of open economy namely vendor, cooperative and integrated contract system members of integrated contract system were found to have better education and landholdings. Among the members of vendor and cooperatives there was less remarkable difference in education, but better land holdings were noticed in cooperative system. Majority of the farmers had dairying as subsidiary occupation and wide range of experience. The members of cooperatives and integrated contract systems had better herd size and dairy income than the farmers of vendor system. But between cooperative and contract system, members, there was not much remarkable difference in herd size and dairy income. The credit behaviour and investment by cooperative and integrated members was higher than vendor system members. On comparing cooperative and contract system members, the cooperative members showed better credit behaviour and higher investment. Members in contract system had better extension agency contact followed by members of cooperatives. But the members of cooperative had better mass media exposure than others. Similarly, majority of members of the cooperative and integrated contract systems had medium to high level of economic motivation. Members of vendor system had low degree economic motivation on comparison. Majority of the members of all the three systems had medium to high level of aspiration in dairy farming. But the above differences were not significant between cooperative and integrated contract farming systems. Significant differences were observed between vendor and organised system cooperative/integrated contract farming system. 2006 2013-06-11T09:22:29Z 2013-06-11T09:22:29Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/29111 en Limited Access Journal of Rural Development;25(10): 49-65
spellingShingle milk production
marketing techniques
cooperatives
farmers [agricultural population]
livestock numbers
income
credit
monitoring
farming systems
Thirunavukkarasu, D.
Sudeepkumar, N.K.
Comparative profile of milk producers in different marketing systems
title Comparative profile of milk producers in different marketing systems
title_full Comparative profile of milk producers in different marketing systems
title_fullStr Comparative profile of milk producers in different marketing systems
title_full_unstemmed Comparative profile of milk producers in different marketing systems
title_short Comparative profile of milk producers in different marketing systems
title_sort comparative profile of milk producers in different marketing systems
topic milk production
marketing techniques
cooperatives
farmers [agricultural population]
livestock numbers
income
credit
monitoring
farming systems
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/29111
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