Dairy
- 80M rural households employed (directly or indirectly)
- 500ML per capita milk availability (nutrition security)
- 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
- 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
- poor vet infra
- need expansion of fodder security
- lack of automation eg. milking machines, climate controlled poultry sheds
- poor credit / insurance penetration