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Vinayak Patil B. S. Reddy S. S. Patil G. M. Hiremath

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Cost of milk production is an important economic indicator in assessing the farm household efficiency in milk production as well as basis for price fixation. The study was undertaken to analyse the cost and returns of milk production in rural and periurban dairy farms of Kalaburagi district of Karnataka. The per day maintenance cost in periurban dairy farms (` 150.64) was highest compared to rural dairy farms (` 91.29)for local cows, crossbred cows and buffaloes. Among total maintenance costs of periurban dairy farming, feed and fodder costs accounted major share (73.49%) followed by labour cost (15.53%) and total fixed cost (7.73%). The return per litre of milk was highest (` 8.91) for crossbred cows followed by buffalo (` 4.82) and local cows (` 0.14). The net return from crossbred cow was more than that of buffalo and local cows indicating higher profitability in rearing crossbred cow in the study area.

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Keywords

Buffaloes, Crossbred cow, Local cow, Periurban dairy farm, Rural dairy farms

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Comparative economics of rural and periurban dairy farming in Kalaburagi district of Karnataka. (2019). Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 11(4), 762-767. https://doi.org/10.31018/jans.v11i4.1902