Dairy

  • 80M rural households employed (directly or indirectly)
  • 500ML per capita milk availability (nutrition security)
    • white revolution
  • role of cooperatives: milk collection from farmer, fair pricing, veterinary support
  • employment generation (esp women)
  • Value added products (cheeze, butter, yogurt)
  • Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund

Poultry

  • YoY growth rate: 8-10%
  • 140B eggs produced by India annually
    • per capita: 100 eggs per person per year
  • largest share in india’s meat production
    • driven by rising demand for affordable protein
  • low investment, quick return
  • tech: automated feeding, climate controlled shed, vaccination schedule, scintific breeding technique
  • National Livestock Mission

Livestock

  • livestock census: 535M livestock
    • largest cattle population in world
  • 30% of agricultural GVA from livestock
  • regular income (unlike seasonal crop farming)
  • nutritional contribution: milk, egg, meat
    • food security, dietary diversity

Schemes for livestock

  • Rashtriya Gokul Mission
    • conserve/develop indigenous cattle + buffalo breeds
    • artificial insemination, scientific breeding (in Gokul Grams)
    • enhance milk productivity, preserve native breeds
  • National Livestock Mission
    • overall development of livestock (except dairy)
    • entrepreneurship in sheep, goat, pig, poultry farming
      • financial assistance
    • feed/fodder development program
  • Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund
    • modernize dairy processing plants, expand milk chilling / storage capacity
    • strengthen dairy cooperative, producer companies
    • enhance value addition
  • Livestock health & Disease Control Programme
    • Vaccination (eg. Foot & Mouth Disease (FMD), Brucellosis)
    • vet infra
    • reduce livestock mortality, economic loss
  • Animal husbandry Infra Development Fund
    • encourage pvt sector investment in dairy/meat processing
    • support cold chain / value added production units
    • interest subvention, credit guarantee scheme
  • **National Animal Disease Control Programme
    • eradicate FMD, Brucellosis**
  • KISAN Credit Card
    • covers dairy, poultry, fisheries

Women in Animal Husbandry

  • 70% of workforce
  • feeding, collecting fodder, providing water, milking etc

Challenges to Animal Husbandry in India

  • genetic improvement required
    • embryo transfer tech
  • poor vet infra
  • need expansion of fodder security
  • lack of automation eg. milking machines, climate controlled poultry sheds
  • poor credit / insurance penetration