Question
What is the importance of ‘dairy farming’? Why it is mainly practiced near urban and industrial centres of the world? Explain any two reasons.
Solution
Dairy is the most advanced and efficient type of rearing of milk animals. It is highly capital intensive. Special emphasis is laid on cattle breeding, health care and veterinary services.
The reasons:
(i) It provide neighbourhood market for fresh milk and dairy products.
(ii) The development of transportation, refrigeration, pasteurisation and other preservation processes have increased the duration of storage of various dairy products
