Dairy farming

Farm Women Empowerment Through Dairy Co-Operative Societies

by Pitambar Swain

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Unity is the Strength. People have enormous power, that too women. If this principle could be applied in our every walk of life, the sky would be the limit of the fruits of success. The women should be awaken for their unbelievable potential they have. This potential should be converted into the capability through appropriate intervention. Dairy Cooperative Society is one of the best alternative means for farm women to engage and empower themselves in all aspects of their life. Cow keeping and curd making are the traditional practices of rural women. Only this practice is to be channelized in a systematic cooperative mechanism for greater interest and better performance. Farm women can be self- sustained socio- economically by adopting our traditional days tradition of cow keeping and curd making.

The book explains steps need to be taken in the functioning of Women Dairy Cooperatives Societies such as their performance, functioning, organization, entrepreneurial behavior of members & constraints in functioning etc. with the support of research evidence.

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The introductory book covers farming System-scope, importance and concept; Types and systems of farming system and factors affecting types of farming; Farming system components and their maintenance and its advantages; Allied enterprises and their importance; Tools for determining production and efficiencies in cropping and farming system; Sustainable agriculture-problems and its impact on agriculture; Conservation agriculture strategies in agriculture; HEIA, LEIA and LEISA and its techniques for sustainability; Integrated farming system-historical background, objectives and characteristics; Site specific development of IFS model for different agro-climatic zones; Resource use efficiency and optimization techniques, Resource cycling and flow of energy in different farming system; Farming system and environment; Cropping system and pattern, Multiple cropping system; Efficient cropping system and their evaluation; New concept and recent approaches in farming systems; Crop diversification for sustainable agriculture The book is written in a very simple form with up to data and statistics. It is a comprehensive basic text book on integrated farming system and will specifically meet out the requirement of the students of UG and PG students as per 5th Dean’s Committee recommendations.

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Bibliographic Information

  • Publisher NIPA, New Delhi, India
  • Publication Date January 2014
  • Orginal LanguageEnglish
  • ISBN/Identifier 9789383305186
  • Publication Country or regionIndia
  • FormatHardback
  • Primary Price 61.23 USD
  • Pages180
  • ReadershipCollege/Tertiary Education
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Original Language TitleEnglish
  • Original Language AuthorsEnglish
  • Edition1st
  • Copyright Year2014
  • Dimensions6 X 9 inches

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