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In the milk-production sector, the principal stakeholders are the farmers, their customers, those producing the forage and waste vegetable material consumed by the animals and the people who buy dung cakes or manure. Viewed from a farming systems standpoint, other interested parties are those intent on the development of the properties presently occupied by the cattlemen and the land within the city and its surrounds that is currently used for grazing.
The characteristics of the farmers, in terms of their numbers, caste, traditions, division of labour between the two sexes etc. appears to be adequately understood, but there is little or no information about other actors. There is considerable variation in the characteristics of the dairy farmers, especially in the size of their herds and the reliance they place on milk production as a source of income. In consequence, livelihood strategies range from total to marginal reliance on milk production as a source of income. Those with small herds undertake a range of manual jobs, including labouring, metal work and domestic service (Nunan, 2000). It is not clear from the information available what the wealth ranking of dairy farmers is and this is a serious omission. Tags: News Livestock Characteristics of principal stakeholders of Cattle and buffalo Newer news items
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