Livestock, Dairy & Fisheries: Checkpoint 1

Quick checkpoint - five questions on livestock, Operation Flood, the Amul model, dairy costs and cattle laws.

Question 1 of 5 Why is livestock important for poor rural households?

It provides regular income and acts like savings It requires large amounts of land It only matters for exports It replaces all crop farming

Daily milk sales and animals that can be sold in emergencies give stability.

Question 2 of 5 What did Operation Flood aim to do?

Build dams for irrigation Spread the Amul cooperative dairy model across India Import more milk powder Create large commercial dairy farms

It linked village cooperatives to city markets through a national milk grid.

Question 3 of 5 Who owns the cooperatives in the Amul model?

The government Foreign investors The dairy farmers Supermarkets

Farmer ownership helps them receive a large share of the consumer's rupee.

Question 4 of 5 What is usually the biggest cost for a small dairy farmer?

Electricity Feed and fodder Transport Taxes

Feed and fodder often make up 60 to 70 percent of costs.

Question 5 of 5 What is one economic effect of stricter cattle slaughter rules described in this module?

More milk exports A shrinking market for unproductive cattle and more stray animals Lower milk prices everywhere No effects at all

Farmers unable to sell or feed unproductive cattle sometimes abandoned them.

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