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Animal Husbandry Practices of Organic Farmers: An Appraisal

Bodapati, Subrahmanyeswari and Chander, Mahesh (2008) Animal Husbandry Practices of Organic Farmers: An Appraisal. Veterinary World, 1 (10), pp. 303-305.

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Summary

In Uttarakhand organic farming is being promoted through a special institution i.e. Uttarakhand Organic Commodity Board (UOCB) through registering the farmers and orienting them towards organic farming. Organic farmers currently practicing and marketing only organic crop products. However, their livestock production practices are also similar to recommended organic standards. Hence, to document their livestock production practices, a total of 180 registered organic farmers selected through multistage sampling technique studied during 2006-07. Cent percent of registered organic farmers were involved in mixed farming enterprises and most of them were with more than one livestock species (farm diversity). The breeds maintained by these farmers were of indigenous and they were raising livestock on the inputs met on farm and from the farms of similar agro-ecological regions. In view of the raising demand for organic livestock products locally as well as internationally, the organic promoting agencies have to focus on orienting these farmers towards stringent organic livestock standards so as to enable them to meet the organic livestock products demand locally as well as internationally.


EPrint Type:Journal paper
Subjects: Farming Systems
Animal husbandry
Research affiliation: India
ISSN: ISSN (Online): 2231-0916 ISSN (Print): 0972-8988
Deposited By: Chander, Dr Mahesh
ID Code:24253
Deposited On:17 Jan 2014 10:49
Last Modified:17 Jan 2014 10:49
Document Language:English
Status:Published
Refereed:Peer-reviewed and accepted

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