Role of Dairy Farming in Rural Development

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Author(s): Siraj Raja (IMT Ghaziabad, India)and Sanya Sehgal (IMT Ghaziabad, India)
Copyright: 2015
Pages: 15
Source title: Promoting Socio-Economic Development through Business Integration
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Shalini Kalia (IMT Ghaziabad, India), Bhavna Bhalla (IMT Ghaziabad, India), Lipi Das (IMT Ghaziabad, India)and Neeraj Awasthy (IMT Ghaziabad, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8259-7.ch011

Keywords: Business & Management / Business Science Reference / Economics & Economic Theory / Economics and Economic Theory

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Dairy farming is one of the growing industries. It offers multiple opportunities to people and leave a sustainable impact on society, environment and economy. In this chapter we discuss about its reach and establishment in rural areas and how this industry can play an instrumental role in rural development. The present case captures and reviews the functioning of a dairy farm situated in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, a state in India. The chapter narrates the role of various heads working at this farm and elaborates the steps involved from procuring the dairy products to its treatment and finally to its catering to the consumer, this case is developed through a rigorous literature review. To assess and establish the role of dairy farming in rural development, this chapter discusses the three tier AMUL model of Gujarat, India is also reviewed. This model by now is the most structured one and lays the foundation for dairy farming in the country. It also demonstrates that dairy farming can become instrumental in rural development.

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