Lindahl, Johanna
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
- Uppsala University
Abstract
Livestock keeping is common in many cities in India, driven by the demand for animal-source foods, particularly perishable milk. We selected five cities from different regions of the country and conducted a census in 34 randomly selected peri-urban villages to identify and describe all smallholder dairy farms. In total 1,690 smallholder dairy farms were identified, keeping on average 2.2 milking cows and 0.7 milking buffaloes. In Bhubaneswar, the proportion of cows milking was only 50%, but in other cities it was 63-73%. In two of the five cities, more than 90% of the farmers stated that dairy production was their main source of income, while
Keywords
urban agriculture; food security; dairy production; South Asia; urban livestock keeping
Published in
Frontiers in Veterinary Science
2020, volume: 7, article number: e00359
SLU Authors
Global goals (SDG)
SDG2 Zero hunger
SDG11 Sustainable cities and communities
UKÄ Subject classification
Animal and Dairy Science
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.00359
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/106964