Vol. 9, Issue 3, Part A (2024)

Author(s): KA Tadavi and Dr. FR Tadavi

Abstract: The investigation entitled, “studies on socio-economic status of murrah buffalo owners in vicinity of pune” was undertaken to ascertain the various management practices followed by buffalo owners in vicinity of Pune. Total 100 Murrah buffalo dairy farms in and around 30 km radius of Pune city were studied. The data was collected through pretested questionnaire. The buffalo owners were distributed in four groups on the basis of buffaloes possessed by them as group-I were having up to 10 buffaloes, group-II possessed 11 to 25 buffaloes, group-III had 26 to 50 buffaloes and group IV were having above 51 buffaloes. Majority (67%) of buffalo owners were between age of 31 to 50 years and only 17 percent of buffalo owners were above 51 years of age. In study of education 24.00 percent farmers were found illiterate, 38.00 percent of the owners had completed primary education and 11.00 percent were educated up to graduation level. Maximum (46%) farmers were landless and 26 % farmers were having land up to 1ha. Further, 38.00, 29.00, 22.00 and 11.00 percent respondents had small, medium, big and large herd size, respectively. The field survey under this investigation revealed that majority of the buffalo dairy farms run on commercial basis with an annual income more than 1.5 lakh rupees.