Livestock farming structure in Tamil Nadu state
Arunachalam, S.; Thiagarajan, M.
Cheiron 28(4): 96-101
1999
Accession: 003490912
For the purpose of determining the status of livestock farming in Tamil Nadu, India, the state was divided into five regions (north, south, west, high rainfall, and cauvery delta areas) and 60 farmers from each region were interviewed. Farmers were divided into three categories (small, medium, and large) based on their livestock holding size and the mean land size was 2.08+or-0.24, 5.6+or-31.43 and 10.09+or-0.57 acres respectively in the three groups.