Livestock production
Livestock Production
1. AMP 101 - Fundamentals of Livestock & Poultry Production2. AMP 101 - Fundamentals of Livestock and Poultry Production ( 2 +1)
Importance of livestock in Agriculture
- Income from livestock and poultry enterprises contribute as high as 10% of the total national income and nearly 50% of agricultural sector income.
- Effective utilization of labour – family labour is effectively utilized in animal husbandry.
- Soil fertility : organic manure – promotes and maintain soil fertility.
- Effective utilization- cow produces 8 tonnes of farm yard manure per year and farm biomass farm products which includes fodder, feed, edible weed, tree fodder, bund grass are better utilized – and converted to Edible products like – Milk, Meat and Egg.
- Effective utilization of agri industrial by products By products obtained from grain processing (bran), oil seed process (oil cakes), pulses processing (gram, husk) and molasses.
- Better standard of living : family income from livestock and poultry -‘Bankers cheque’
- Inter relationship Man, animal plant interrelation is interdependent (one cannot survive without the help of other) Man not only depends on plants and animals for food but also for income and other needs. He coordinates activities of the crop and other husbandry by proper planing.
Main objectives of livestock census
1. To assess the growth rate of the livestock2. It helps to assess/improve the quality/production performance
3. It helps to reduce the uneconomical livestock by culling.
Livestock farming is an integral part of crop farming and contributes substantially to household
nutritional security and poverty alleviation through increased household income. The returns from
livestock especially dairying and mixed farming in small and medium holdings are larger and highly
sustainable. The progress in this sector results in more balanced development of the rural economy and improvement in economic status of poor people associated with livestock. Indian agriculture is an
economic symbiosis of crop and livestock production with cattle as the foundation. Dairy animals
produce milk by converting the crop residues and by products from crops which otherwise would be
wasted. Dairy sector contributes by way of cash income, draught power and manure. Livestock
provides for human needs by way of 1. Food 2. fibre. 3. Fuel. 4. Fertilizer. 5.. Skin and 6. Traction. It
is a living bank providing flexible finance in time of emergencies and also serves as insurance against
crop failure for survival. If Agriculture is the foundation of our national economy Animal husbandry
constitutes the sheet anchor of agriculture. Indian agriculture marches on the patient back of the
bullock. 70 percent of the livestock are owned by 67 percent of small and marginal farmers.
76 percent of the milk is produced by weaker sections of society. One fifth of the worlds livestock population is present in India . India has nearly 57 % of the worlds buffalo population, 16% of the cattle population, 20% of goat population and 5 % of sheep population although India constitutes less than 3 % of the worlds total land area. Population of livestock and poultry in India and Tamilnadu.
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