ROLE OF LIVESTOCK IN NATIONAL ECONOMY

1. ROLE OF LIVESTOCK IN NATIONAL
ECONOMY
AND POPULATION DYNAMICS
Dr. P. Ravikanth Reddy
MVSc, PhD
Guest Faculty
KBR College of Agriculture and Horticulture
Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University
Dr. YSR Horticulture University

2. Small and Marginal
farmers, who relies
entirely on agriculture
are more prone for
suicides in India.
Livestock Farmers have
been less tended for
suicide, probably
because of the security
provided by livestock in
the form livestock
products or animal itself.

3.  Provide livelihood to 2-3rd of rural community.
 Also provides employment to 8.8% of the population in india.
 20.5 million people depend upon livestock for their livelihood.
 Livestock contribute to 16% to the income of small farm households.
 Contributes to 4.11% of GDP and 25.6% of total agriculture GDP.

4. India is
 Worlds highest livestock owner (512.05 million).
 First in buffalo population (105.3 million)
 Second in cattle and goats population (140.5 million goats)
 Second largest poultry market in the world.
 Third in sheep population (72 million).
 Fifth in ducks and chicken population.
 Tenth in camel population.
(As per 19th livestock census)

10. Padmashri B.V. Rao & Uttara Devi
Father of Poultry Farming in India
Founder chairman of National Egg Cooperation Committee (NECC)

16. Pony and Horse Mule

17. Mithun
ICAR-National Research Centre (NRC) on Mithun is located at Medziphema, Dimapur, Nagaland.

18. ICAR-National Research Centre (NRC) on Yak is located at Dirang, West Kameng District of Arunachal Pradesh.

19.  Milk, meat and eggs for human consumption.
 First place in milk production (165.4 million tones as per 2016-17
record).
 88.14 billions of egg/year.
 8.89 million tonnes of meat/year.
 Output – Rs. 8,11,847 crores in 2015-16 year.
Livestock provides
Food

20.  Wool, hair, hides, and pelts.
 Leather has high export potential.
 43.5 million kg wool per annum.
Fibre and Skins

21.  Bullocks – for fuel saving.
 Camels, horses, donkeys, ponies, mules – for transport.
Draft

22.  Good farm yard manure.
 Fuel – biogas, dung cakes.
Dung and other animal waste

23.  Biological control of bushes, plants, and weeds.
 Grazing and browsing.
Weed control

24.  Good assets.
 Especially in emergency cases.
Storage

25.  Cock fights,
 Bull fights,
 Ram fights,
 Equine polo.
For sports and recreation purposes

26. Dairy Based Integrated Farming System – An Option
to Abate Farmers Suicides ???
 Dairy-based integrated farming system, a traditional practice of rural
India, integrates natural resources into dairy farming activities to
achieve maximum replacement of off-farm inputs.
 Simply, the farming system combines crop production with livestock
rearing.

27. CROPS
Fossil
Reserves
Sun, Soil,
Rain
Wastelands,
Biomass
HUMANS
ANIMALS
Crop
Residues
Brans,
Cakes
Fodder Draught Solid
excreta
Urine
Food and Revenue
Food and Revenue
Fig.1. Different resource flows in dairy-based integrated farming systems

28. Case Study - Dairy based integrated sugarcane farming systems in Andhra Pradesh state
LAND SUGAR CANE
Tops
Bagasse
Molasses
Intercrop
Catch crop
Rotational crop
Lucerne Maize, Sorghum
Sesbania,
Leucaena,
Acacia
Nitrogen
Animal Feed
Dairy Animal
Dung
Manure
Biogas plant

29.  Food
 Fibre and Skins
 Draft
 Dung and other animal waste materials
 Storage
 Weed control
 Cultural
 Sports/recreation
 Companion animals
Role of livestock in farmers economy