Introduction
As high as 70% of
livestock market in India is owned by 67% of
small and marginal farmers and by the land less. 60% of livestock
farming labor is provided by women and more than 90% of work related to
care of animals is rendered by womenfolk of the family.
Indian
Livestock is reared in close human proximity where they form
component of the life system of the people. Cows, buffaloes, bullocks,
mule and donkeys are not just utility animals, but also companions at
work for the toiling poor who rear them along side their own dwelling.
India has 53% of world Buffalo population and 15% of world Cattle
population. In terms of sheep population, India ranks fifth after
Australia, China, Iran and New Zealand.
Production area
Rajasthan, Jammu, Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, hilly regions of
North and Eastern Himalays are the Indian regions with maximum livestock
population.
Growth promotional activities
The Indian government has collaboration and policies to provide
guidance for a more holistic planning, implementation and monitoring of
animal husbandry projects. Following plans have also been made:
- Also, the government has planned to assure a sound Natural
Resource Management (NRM) Sphere co-ordination and implementation at
country level for SDC.
- Create / enhance synergy between the activities of the Livestock
production and Dairying (LPD) and Sustainable Land Use (SLU) sectors
- Enlarge the scope for new and innovative interventions and for
support to technical development and technology transfer.
- Promote and support validation, documentation and dissemination
of experiences in order to contribute to the process of knowledge
management in SDC and Inter cooperation (IC) and to strengthen
inputs for policy and strategic dialogue with partners and actors in
the NRM Sphere.
New Livestock Policy developed by the Indian Government in
collaboration with the Swiss Development Corporation is a policy of
ecocide of indigenous cattle breeds and a policy of genocide for
India's small farmers.
Types
Prominent among
livestock supply from India are cows,
buffaloes, camel, goats, sheep, pigs etc..
