Table 4: Impact of Increase in Number of Dairy Animals on the Crop Pattern at Sample Farms

Average number of livestock /household

Bullocks

1.01

In-milk buffaloes

2.65

Dry buffaloes

2.93

In-milk cows

0.56

Dry cows

0.59

Heifers

1.01

Area under green fodder(acres)

kharif

1.69

rabi

1.11

Area under green fodder to meet requirement of dairy animals (acres)

kharif

1.48

rabi

0.97

Share of existing area under fodder in the cultivated area (per cent)

kharif

21.23

rabi

13.94

average

18.13

Share of fodder crops in cultivated area (per cent) assuming 10 per cent increase in milk output

kharif

23.09

rabi

15.16

average

19.72

Change in share of fodder crop in cultivated area due to 1 per cent increase in milk production (percentage points)

0.88

Impact of meeting 1 per cent national milk deficit through increased milk production in Punjab on the crop share in net crop area (per cent)

Paddy

-1.09

Wheat

-0.6