Dairy farming, cooperatives and livelihoods: Lessons learned from six Indian villages

Gaillard Cédric, Dervillé Marie. 2022. Dairy farming, cooperatives and livelihoods: Lessons learned from six Indian villages. Journal of Asian Economics, 78:101422, 16 p.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asieco.2021.101422

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Résumé : India's dairy sector has emerged as the world's largest dairy producer and has enabled 70 million farmers to generate income through its rapid growth. This success is linked to broad national policy support through the Operation Flood program and the emergence of an inclusive model of cooperatives. However, the informal sector is still the marketing channel most used by dairy producers, and with the liberalization of the dairy sector, the cooperative model is also facing competition from the private sector. By surveying 244 dairy farmers in two major but heterogeneous states in India, this paper examines the inclusiveness of the sector and the impact of dairy cooperative membership on farmers' income and livelihood. The originality of the paper concerns its systematic perspective on households' assets and activities. The results indicate that cooperative membership is associated with caste membership and farmers collection centers. Better incomes are associated with membership, particularly among farmers with less land and among smallholders, who are more dependent on their dairy income to lift themselves out of poverty.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : coopérative laitière, production laitière, moyens d'existence, secteur agro-alimentaire, revenu de l'exploitation

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Inde

Mots-clés complémentaires : Élevage laitier

Mots-clés libres : Livelihoods, Cooperative, Dairy sector, Smallholders, Poverty reduction

Classification Agris : E40 - Coopératives
E80 - Économie familiale et artisanale
E20 - Organisation, administration et gestion des entreprises ou exploitations agricoles

Champ stratégique Cirad : CTS 3 (2019-) - Systèmes alimentaires

Agences de financement hors UE : Agropolis Fondation

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