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Volume : I, Issue : VIII, September - 2011 A GEOGRAPHICAL STUDY OF SHEEP FARMING IN SOLAPUR DISTRICT OF MAHARASHTRA S.S. MASKE,DR. B.R.PHULE Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : The sheep is an important economic livestock species contributing greatly to the agrarian Indian economy, especially
in arid, semi-arid and hilly areas. They play an important role in the livelihood of a large number of small and
marginal farmers and landless labourers engaged in sheep rearing. Sheeps are mostly reared to obtain meat and wool
as commercial goods. Sheep skin and wool is used by a number of rural based industries as raw material. Sheep
manure is an important source of organic fertilizer for increasing soil fertility. The aim of present paper is to assess
growth, distribution and changes in Solapur district of Maharashtra. The entire investigation is based on field
observation and secondary sources of data obtained from Scio-Economic review and District Statistical Abstract and
livestock census hand book. The study concludes that from last a decade number of sheep population is decreased in
throughout the district. The distribution of sheep population in Solapur district is uneven. Where Dhanagars
community is high in number engaged in this occupation, there sheep distribution is also high in number i.e.
Malshiras, Sangola and Mangalwedha tahsils. This decrease in sheep population is mostly confined with the tahsils
were irrigation, agriculture technology adoption of modern cash crops and fruit crops with modern technology and
commercial attitudes has been practiced i.e. Sangola, Pandharpur, Malshiras, Mangalwedha and Karmala tahsils etc.
keywords: Sheep, Urbanization, Agriculture Development, irrigation facilities, fodder, water, Dhanagars. Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : S.S. MASKE,DR. B.R.PHULE, (2011). A GEOGRAPHICAL STUDY OF SHEEP FARMING IN SOLAPUR DISTRICT OF MAHARASHTRA. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. I, Issue. VIII, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/450.pdf References : - Banerjee G.C. (2010): A text Book of Animal husbandry, Oxford and IBH publishing Co.Pvt.Ltd. New Delhi.
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