Factors Affecting Milk Production in Buffaloes: A Case
Study
Maqsood Hussain*, Abdul Ghafoor1and
Abdul Saboor2
Department of Agricultural Economics; 1Department of
Marketing and Agribusiness, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad;
2Department
of Agri. Economics & Economics, University of Arid Agriculture,
Rawalpindi, Pakistan *Corresponding author: maqsooduaf@yahoo.com
Abstract
This study quantified the effect of major factors
affecting the milk production in buffaloes. The important factors considered for
the estimation of milk production included the value of dry fodder, the value of
green fodder, the value of concentrate, number of lactations and the value of
labour hours. A production function for milk was estimated by employing Ordinary
Least Square (OLS) regression. In the estimated model among all the relevant
variables, green fodder, lactation number and labour hours were found to be the
influential factors affecting milk production in this species.