Economic potential of AVIKASIL-S technology for estrus synchronization in sheep

VINAYAK NIKAM; SHIV KUMAR; I T KINGSLY; S J BALAJI; ABIMANYU JHAJHRIA; RAJ KUMAR; DAVENDRA KUMAR

doi:10.56093/ijans.v90i3.102442

Authors

VINAYAK NIKAM ICAR-National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi, Delhi 110 012 India
SHIV KUMAR ICAR-National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi, Delhi 110 012 India
I T KINGSLY ICAR-National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi, Delhi 110 012 India
S J BALAJI ICAR-National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi, Delhi 110 012 India
ABIMANYU JHAJHRIA ICAR-National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi, Delhi 110 012 India
RAJ KUMAR ICAR-National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi, Delhi 110 012 India
DAVENDRA KUMAR ICAR-National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi, Delhi 110 012 India

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijans.v90i3.102442

Keywords:

AVIKASIL-S, Estrus synchronization, Sheep, Economic surplus, Rajasthan

Abstract

The study captures the economic benefits of AVIKASIL-S, an estrus synchronization technology in sheep using an economic surplus approach in the Rajasthan state of India. The adoption of technology at the field level was at a nascent stage. Study simulated scenarios at different adoption rates of technology and discerned that technology has the economic power to enhance the income of shepherds in the state. To reap the more benefits of technology, the adoption rate needs to increase. The support of government, private sector, and public-private partnership models besides entrepreneurs are the channels for wider adoption of technology amongst shepherds.

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