Dairy Farming and Organic Farming
for Bio-resource Conservation
and Livelihood Development in Tumkur
District Karnataka State-India
N. Kumara, Nehal A. Farooquee and P.V.K. Sasidhar
Abstract A field study was conducted during 2013–2014 in Tumkur district to
study the dairy farming and organic farming for bio-resource conservation and
livelihood development. Further, the objective of the study is to (1) Measure the
dairy farming generates year-round employment and substantial income to sustain
their livelihood in rural. (2) Soil fertility and soil organic carbon and microbial
growth in the soil. Studies have shown that dairying in rural areas has positively
improved the life of those engaged in this business, directly or indirectly, bringing
significant socio-economic changes by providing self employment. Dairy farming
generates year-round employment and substantial income to sustain their livelihood.
Majority (86 %) were young age and middle-aged farmers contributing 75.67 % of
milk yield to milk unions, which shows the employment opportunity provided by the
dairy farming to small and marginal farmers and good source of income in turn
improving the social and economic status of the rural farmers.Organic system significantly improved the organic matter (1.96) there by the soil quality and the sustainability index of the soil was maximum with organic compared to inorganic.
There was improvement of soil structure, texture and microbial activity in organic
farming. Highlights (a) Dairy farming has positively improved the life of those
engaged in this business. (b) Dairy farming brought significant socio-economic
changes by providing self employment. (c) Dairy farming has provided a year-round
source of income for people. (d) Dairy farming generates year-round employment
and substantial income to sustain their livelihood. (e) Organic farming increases
microbial population and the organic carbon level. (f) Improvement of soil structure,
texture and microbial activity in organic farming. (g) Bad effect of chemical fertilizers and pesticides were controlled in organic farming.
Keywords Farmers Á Self employment Á Socio-economic changes Á Organic
farming Á Soil
N. Kumara (&) Á N.A. Farooquee Á P.V.K. Sasidhar
School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS),
IGNOU, New Delhi, India
e-mail: nkumar278@gmail.com
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
S. Nautiyal et al. (eds.), Climate Change Challenge (3C)
and Social-Economic-Ecological Interface-Building, Environmental Science,
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-31014-5_24
401
for Bio-resource Conservation
and Livelihood Development in Tumkur
District Karnataka State-India
N. Kumara, Nehal A. Farooquee and P.V.K. Sasidhar
Abstract A field study was conducted during 2013–2014 in Tumkur district to
study the dairy farming and organic farming for bio-resource conservation and
livelihood development. Further, the objective of the study is to (1) Measure the
dairy farming generates year-round employment and substantial income to sustain
their livelihood in rural. (2) Soil fertility and soil organic carbon and microbial
growth in the soil. Studies have shown that dairying in rural areas has positively
improved the life of those engaged in this business, directly or indirectly, bringing
significant socio-economic changes by providing self employment. Dairy farming
generates year-round employment and substantial income to sustain their livelihood.
Majority (86 %) were young age and middle-aged farmers contributing 75.67 % of
milk yield to milk unions, which shows the employment opportunity provided by the
dairy farming to small and marginal farmers and good source of income in turn
improving the social and economic status of the rural farmers.Organic system significantly improved the organic matter (1.96) there by the soil quality and the sustainability index of the soil was maximum with organic compared to inorganic.
There was improvement of soil structure, texture and microbial activity in organic
farming. Highlights (a) Dairy farming has positively improved the life of those
engaged in this business. (b) Dairy farming brought significant socio-economic
changes by providing self employment. (c) Dairy farming has provided a year-round
source of income for people. (d) Dairy farming generates year-round employment
and substantial income to sustain their livelihood. (e) Organic farming increases
microbial population and the organic carbon level. (f) Improvement of soil structure,
texture and microbial activity in organic farming. (g) Bad effect of chemical fertilizers and pesticides were controlled in organic farming.
Keywords Farmers Á Self employment Á Socio-economic changes Á Organic
farming Á Soil
N. Kumara (&) Á N.A. Farooquee Á P.V.K. Sasidhar
School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS),
IGNOU, New Delhi, India
e-mail: nkumar278@gmail.com
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
S. Nautiyal et al. (eds.), Climate Change Challenge (3C)
and Social-Economic-Ecological Interface-Building, Environmental Science,
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-31014-5_24
401