(continued)
Name of the district
Avg. temperature (in °C)
Avg. milk production
of cross breeds (in l)
Jaipur
25.17
5.45
Aurangabad
25.04
3.78
Lucknow
25.01
4.00
Agartala
24.86
5.50
Bhopal
24.85
6.01
Pune
24.79
6.28
Ranchi
24.33
6.00
Guwahati
24.21
5.85
Bangalore
23.80
6.34
Ludiyana
23.50
7.58
Ambala
23.45
6.44
Source (1) Indian Meteorological Department (2) Directorate of Animal Husbandry
The above table shows Avg. milk production of different cities in different
temperature levels. It is evident from the table that the overall average increase in
temperature leads decrease in milk production of cross bred cows Seasonal variation in milk production was observed and it was found to be 1500, 1800 and 1080 l
production of milk in rainy, winter and summer seasons, respectively. The
category-wise milk production came to 3255.50 l on medium farms, 3508.50 l on
small farms, 4057.16 l on marginal farms and 5152.83 l in landless families. In
small and marginal farmers, they are the better taking care of animals.
8 Milk Production in India
Year
Production (million tons)
Per capita availability (g/day)
2001
80.6
220
2005
92.5
233
2010
116.4
273
2011
121.8
290
2012
127.9
290
2013
132.4
295
2014
144.1
298
Source NDDB
From the above table it is clear that, milk production of India as increased from
80.6 million tons to 144.1 in the span of 14 years with 6 % an annual increase in
milk production. Currently, India is facing a challenge of producing adequate food
from shrinking natural resource base for the ever-increasing population.
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K. Sreenivasaiah