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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
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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.
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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?
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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.
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Investing in breeding, feeding, housing and management, health
control and processing and marketing of products both for the
domestic and export market.
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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:
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Intensive fish farming (fish production)
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Reservoir development - long term lease of reservoirs
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Integrated fish farming with livestock (ducks, pigs, poultry) and
plantation/horticulture, etc.
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Development of oxbow lakes (North-East sector of India)
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Onshore and Offshore fin farming in sea
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Mariculture activities
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Deep-sea fishing vessels
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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
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