Climate smart Livestock Production

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Organic Milk Production
Dr M Sai Butcha Rao

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Organic Milk is produced through
approved methods that integrate
cultural, biological, and mechanical
practices that foster cycling of
resources, promote ecological balance,
and conserve biodiversity.

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FAO suggested that “Organic agriculture is a
unique production management system
which promotes and enhances agro-
ecosystem health, including biodiversity,
biological cycles and soil biological activity,
and this is accomplished by using on-farm
agronomic, biological and mechanical
methods in exclusion of all synthetic off-
farm inputs”.

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Livestock production is a land related
activity.
Land must have had no prohibited
substances applied to it for at least 3 years.
Soil fertility and crop nutrients will be
managed through tillage and cultivation
practices.

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Good Dairy farming Practice
1. Animal health
2. Milking hygiene
3. Nutrition (feed and water)
4. Animal welfare
5. Environment

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Animal Health
Prevent entry of disease onto the farm
Have an effective herd health
management programme in place
Use all approved chemicals and
veterinary medicines under supervision
of veterinarian

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Milking hygiene
Ensure milking routines do not injure
cows or introduce contamination to
milk
Ensure milking is carried out under
hygienic conditions
Ensure milk is handled properly after
milking

8. Nutrition (feed and water)
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Ensure animal feed and water are of
adequate quality
Control storage conditions of feed
Ensure the traceability of feedstuffs
bought off the farm

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Animal welfare
Freedom from thirst, hunger and
malnutrition
Freedom from discomfort
Freedom from pain, injury and disease
Freedom from fear
Freedom to engage in relatively normal
patterns of animal behaviour

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Environment
Have an appropriate waste
management system.
Ensure dairy farming practices do not
have an adverse impact on the local
environment.
Have an appropriate waste
management system.

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Can the milk of Indian cows cure diabetes?
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-
andhrapradesh/article3622248.ece?css=print

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13. Thanks for attention
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