Technical Efficiency of Dairy Farms in Tamil Nadu

摘要

The study 'Technical Efficiency of Dairy Farms in Tamil Nadu' was carried out to evaluate dairy farm households in terms of efficiency of milk production using stochastic frontier production methods. The data for the study comprised of fixed investments on dairy farms, quantity and price of feeds and fodders fed to individual animals, labour utilization pattern, veterinary and miscellaneous expenses, quantity of milk produced and price realized, etc. collected from 160 sample households across flushand lean seasons for the year 2002-03. The coefficients for the value of green fodder and concentrate were found to be statistically significant with a relatively higher magnitude implying their greater and significant role in crossbred cow milk production. The technical efficiency of crossbred cow farms ranged from 72.30 to 97.90 per cent with an average of 82.10 per cent. The study indicated that there existed a scope to increase milk production of an average farm by 16.32 per cent for crossbred cowsand 14.04 per cent for buffaloes without incurring any extra expenditure on these farms.