An Economical assessment for the production profile of small dairy farms in Khartoum State

The study was performed in Khartoum state the capital of the Sudan where dairy farm producers were the target of the study, the study aimed at the economical assessment of the production profile of small dairy farms .Objectives of the study included: assessing cost-effectiveness and sustainability for domestic milk production in relation with the socioeconomic characteristics of smallholders; analyzing the rationale for integrating dairy production enterprises into farming systems and to identify the conditions needed for improvement; evaluating the economic performance and viability of smallholder milk production. The study was concluded with a number of recommendations some of which are: a number of improvements need to be introduced to alleviate constraints where publicly funded research and extension should focus on agricultural resource management that comprehensively furthers policy goals, and enhancing the design of investments in smallholder dairy schemes is required; dairy farms should not be considered as homogenous when addressing problems facing the dairy sector as they are differently endowed in productive resources ; rather than emphasizing output maximization above resource management, research and extension should find ways to use the dynamics of the existing production systems.