Smallholder farmers are the cornerstone of livestock sector and an essential element in building developing local dairy value chain, critical for its economy. In Georgia, despite efforts made since independence from Soviet Union until now, still face many problems that prevent them participating effectively especially heavy metal pollution afflicts study region. This research refers to smallhol...

Abstract In the Sverdlovsk region, purebred bull producers of Holstein breed German, Danish and Canadian selection breeding stock domestic black-and-white Ural offspring were used for improvement. The was distinguished by high milk yield fat mass fraction protein in milk. 2002, type cattle officially registered region. This has significant differences from original rocks. purpose article is to ...

The present study assessed the functioning of dairy-based producer organizations in hills Himachal Pradesh. Milk price fetched by farmers across various marketing channels is one lowest country. organized milk structure state weakest Lower remunerative returns have affected attitude towards dairy farming. Innovative farmer are making progress state. These offer input services to at lower prices...

Pakistan is the fourth largest producer of milk in world. Milk consumed both fresh and tetra pack form country. This study explores socioeconomic factors that affect consumer’s preferences towards consumption. Primary data were collected from a number 130 randomly selected consumers using well-structure questionnaire Faisalabad district Punjab, Pakistan. For analytical purpose, binary probit re...

AIM Disease outbreaks increase the cost of animal production; reduce milk and beef yield, cattle sales, farmers' incomes, and enterprise profitability. The study assessed the economic effects of foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreaks along the cattle marketing chain in selected study districts in Uganda. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study combined qualitative and quantitative study designs. Resp...

We employ a quasi-experimental design, propensity score matching and interviews to study the effect of smallholder milk market participation on women`s relative intra-household bargaining position in rural Ethiopia. Findings indicate that in market participating households milk income is two times higher and its control shifted from women to men. Men tend to return this income in part to their ...

India is the largestmilk producer in world and dairy cooperatives are backbone of Indian industry. In Kerala, Kerala Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation,popularly known as Milma,has played a significant role for development business. But recent years even though Federationcontinues to mark growth,the percentage growth has beenfar below theprivate sector. The study analysed performance KCMMF w...

Utilization of milk whey still remains one of the most serious problems of the modern world dairy industry. Because of high biological value of whey it can be used as nutrient media in techniques of direct microbiological synthesis of complex high-molecular substances, for example the B12 vitamin, which participate in various biocatalytic reactions in organism providing normal functioning of th...

The environmental impact of using recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST) in dairy production was examined on an individual cow, industry-scale adoption, and overall production system basis. An average 2006 U.S. milk yield of 28.9 kg per day was used, with a daily response to rbST supplementation of 4.5 kg per cow. Rations were formulated and both resource inputs (feedstuffs, fertilizers, and fu...

The effectiveness as antimicrobials of lactic acid bacteria produced compounds reuterin and nisin was assessed against vegetative cells and spores of Clostridium perfringens isolates (from ovine milk obtained in farms with diarrheic lambs) and C. perfringens CECT 486 (type A toxin producer). We also tested the inhibitory effect of lysozyme and sodium nitrite on Clostridium. Minimal inhibitory c...