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G. L. Meena ¹, Phool Chand Meena ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Agriculture Economics and Management, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur (Rajasthan), IN
2 College of Agriculture, Agriculture University, Jodhpur (Rajasthan), IN

Abstract

The study was conducted during 2014 in Zone IV of Rajasthan. Availability of Common property land resource (CPLR) in Zone IV visa- vis Rajasthan has been assessed by using secondary data on fallow land other than current, cultivable wastes, permanent pastures and grazing lands, barren and uncultivable lands, forest land and human population for the year 2001-02 and 2011-12. The results of the study revealed that the percentage of common property land resource available as total geographical area was higher in zone IV (58.32) than that of Rajasthan (37.50). Around 3 per cent reduction over last decade was observed in common property land among all the districts of zone IV and Rajasthan. Per capita availability of CPLR has also declined from 0.30 to 0.23 hectare and 0.25 to 0.19 hectare in zone IV and Rajasthan, respectively, during the study period. The grazing land as a percentage of geographical area was more than one and half times in Zone IV (8.24) as compared to Rajasthan state (4.94). Overall percentage of grazing land to total geographical area in Rajasthan was negligible decreased over last decade, while reverse trend was observed in the case of Zone IV.

Keywords

Common Property, Grazing, Forest, Geographical Area, Per Capita Availability.

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G. L. Meena ¹, Bhavendra Tiwari ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Agriculture, Economics and Management, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, UDAIPUR (RAJASTHAN), IN
2 Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, UDAIPUR (RAJASTHAN), IN

Abstract

The present study investigated marketed surplus, consumption and disposal pattern of milk in Banswara district of Rajasthan. The study covered 90 milk producers selected randomly from six villages which were post-stratified into small, medium and large herd size category. The study revealed that production, marketable surplus and marketed surplus of milk per household were 7.16 lit., 5.56 lit. and 2.81 lit., respectively. Marketed surplus of milk (39.01%) was lower than marketable surplus of milk (77.65%). Out of total milk retained at home (4.35 lit.), about 1.78 and 2.57 lit. milk were consumed as liquid and converted into milk products, respectively. The per capita per day availability and consumption of milk were found 245.23 and 149.07 g, respectively. About 76.15 per cent marketed surplus of milk was sold by milk producers to un-organized sector and rest of surplus milk (23.85%) to organized sector. The percentage of surplus milk sold through directly to consumers was the highest (31.51%) followed by milk vendors (30.18%), dairy co-operative societies (23.85%) and tea shops (11.26%) in the study area.

Keywords

Marketed Surplus, Consumption, Disposal Pattern, Milk.

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