摘要 : An economic analysis of data collected from 128 milk producing households in Haryana, India, showed that the maintenance cost of buffaloes, cross-bred cows and local cows was respectively, Rs 19.11, Rs 20.25 and Rs 14.22 per day p... 展开 An economic analysis of data collected from 128 milk producing households in Haryana, India, showed that the maintenance cost of buffaloes, cross-bred cows and local cows was respectively, Rs 19.11, Rs 20.25 and Rs 14.22 per day per animal. The milkproduction of local cows resulted in a net loss of Rs 3.82/day. Fixed costs represented 85% of the total costs and variable costs accounted for 15%. The cost of producing milk was Rs 4.95, Rs 3.53 and Rs 6.91 per litre for buffalo, cross-bred and localcows, respectively. Milk producers consumed 44.7% of the buffalo milk and 5.25% of the cow milk produced. 37.6 and 83.8% of buffalo and cow milk respectively was sold to milk vendors and 8.67 and 2.88% was sold to the milk producers' cooperative societies. 收起