Israel India | Business Guide | 2017

In India > ‏ Livestock > 0 59 ‏ L ivestock plays an important role in the socio- economic life of India. It is a rich source of high quality foods such as milk, meat and eggs and a source for income and employment to millions of rural farmers, particularly women. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) provides refinance on term loans disbursed by commercial and cooperative banks and regional rural banks (RRBs) for the agricultural farm sector (including dairy,poultry and fishery),non-farm sector activities and short-term production credit for agricultural crops.It encourages banks to adopt project approach to lending. Need to increase Consumption of Milk & Dairy Products ‏ Despite being the leading milk producing country in the world,the per capita availability of milk is about 214 grams per day as against the recommended requirement of 250 grams. ‏ Impressive work has been done under the guidance of the National Dairy Development Board under ‘Operation Flood’ programs for organizing dairy production,processing and marketing of milk and milk products by the cooperative dairy sector following the ‘Amul’ model - a 3-tier cooperative structure. Impressive programs have been taken up for cross-breeding of local non-descript cattle utilizing semen of Holstein Friesian and Jersey breeds. ‏ Investment opportunities ‏ • Suitable local partnerships in animal breeding, feed and fodder production, animal health cover, animal and plant insurance, transportation, processing, packaging, preservation and marketing of milk and diversified value added products. ‏ • Liaison amongst research institutes for collaborative research,and between foreign Institutions and support for business andmanpower training and development programs. ‏ Poultry Production ‏ The annual growth rate is 8-10% in egg and 12-15% in the broiler industry. Annual per capita consumption in India is only 33 eggs and 630 grams of poultry meat,much lower that the world average of 124 eggs and 5.9 kg meat. What needs to be done? ‏ • High quality commercial breeding stocks, poultry equipment, compounded feed, health care products and disease diagnostic facilities,improved processing,preservation andmarketing of eggs / poultry products, infrastructure for meat processing, packaging, preservation and marketing. ‏ • Investing in breeding, feeding, housing and management, health control and processing and marketing of products both for the domestic and export market. ‏ • Foreign research and development institutes need to collaborate with Indian counterparts like ICAR, CARI, Agricultural Universities etc.International donors could collaborate with the Government, NABARD, APEDA, etc. Scope in Fisheries ‏ India has a coast line of about 8041 km, export economic zone of 2.02 million sq kmwith a continental shelf area of 0.5 million sq km along with peninsula. There is about 5.70 million ha of fresh water area suitable for fisheries production. ‏ Some of the promising areas for investment: ‏ • Intensive fish farming (fish production) ‏ • Reservoir development - long term lease of reservoirs ‏ • Integrated fish farming with livestock (ducks, pigs, poultry) and plantation/horticulture, etc. ‏ • Development of oxbow lakes (North-East sector of India) ‏ • Onshore and Offshore fin farming in sea ‏ • Mariculture activities ‏ • Deep-sea fishing vessels ‏ • Diversification and value addition of products for exports. ‏ Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Israel can offer advanced systems to rev up the sector The Influence of Livestock on the Indian Economy Photo by: © Bgopal, Dreamstime.com