This document summarizes a livestock sector project that aims to reduce malnutrition and stunting through: 1) providing quality animal-origin foods to poor families by building livestock assets, 2) enhancing veterinary coverage for subsistence farmers, and 3) raising awareness of livestock management, nutrition, and diversified animal-origin foods for poor livestock owners. It outlines targets, activities, budgets, and progress for years 2016-2021, noting challenges in lack of appropriate funding and the need for timely release of allocated funds.

1. Livestock Sector
Project Development Objectives:
To reduce the malnutrition & stunting through;
• Availability of quality animal origin food to poorest families through
building livestock assets.
• Enhanced Veterinary cover to the subsistence farmer for better and
quality production of animal origin food and ensuring public health.
• Livestock management & better productivity awareness program to poor
and small livestock owners in addition to nutrition sensitive and access to
diversified animal origin food awareness to reduce the stunting.

2. Livestock Sector
DLIs / OUTCOME (OUTPUT INDICATORS):
Indicator Baseline
Out put
Indicator
Year 1
(2016-2017)
Year 2
(2017-18)
Year 3
(2018-19)
Year 4
(2019-20)
Year 5
(2020-2021)
Households with
increased awareness
of how livestock
products contribute
to a healthy diet
MPI data cross
checked by
NGO-led
situational
analysis and
village targeting
activity
Creation of Messages
and materials for use
in BCC and awareness
received by No. HH
2,460 54,000 60,000 68,000 80,000
Households with
increased awareness
of how livestock
products contribute
to a healthy diet and
the ability to produce
livestock products
Project MIS
tracking--
attendance
roles
No. of individuals
trained in livestock
management
246 5,400 6,000 6,800 8,000
Percentage of which
are women
No. of HHs receiving
poultry and feed
0.00 9,359 9,600 7,607 0.00
No. of HHs receiving
goats
0.00 9,359 9,600 7,607 0.00
No. of HHs receiving
vaccination services
5,000 86,332 96,843 132,830 132,830
No. of HHs receiving
drenching services
5,000 86,332 96,843 132,830 132,830

3. S. # Head Releases Utilization
Lapsed /
Surrender
01. Pay of Officers 02.588 00.000 02.588
02. Pay of other Staff 01.834 00.000 01.834
03. Operating Expenses 17.744 01.000 16.744
04. Cost of other Store (Vaccines) 09.000 08.997 00.003
05. Physical Assets 01.870 00.000 01.870
06. Repair & Maintenance 00.250 00.000 00.250
Total 33.286 09.997 23.289
(Rs. in Millions)
Livestock Sector
Budget Details for the year 2016-17 (Allocation/ Expenses):

4. Livestock Sector
Targets: Key activities for year 2017-18
The key activities of Livestock Sector for the year 2017-18 as follows:
• Social mobilization formation of livestock community organizations
(5,400 HH).
• Livestock management and enhanced productivity awareness program
to poor and small livestock owners (2,600HH).
• Vaccination and drenching to the livestock of poor households for food
security, public health and enhanced animal productivity (8,633).
• Building livestock assets (goats and backyard poultry) of poorest
households (9,350 HH).

5. Key budget items planned for 2017-18
S. # Activities Amount (PKR)
1
Interventions in field
• Purchase of Goats & Poultry + Feed
• Training awareness Programs
• Purchase of Drug & Medicines / Vaccines
76.000
11.148
45.000
2
Operational cost
• POL
• Electricity
• Purchase of Vehicles
• Rent & Taxes
• Stationary
• Furniture
5.000
1.560
25.00
1.000
0.700
2.668
3
Human Resource
• Pay & Allowances
• TA / DA
9.844
2.080
4
Divisional
Veterinary Hub Office
4.000
Total 184.000

6. Livestock Sector
06 months Action Plan:
Name of district(s) Tharparkar & Badin
Geographic coverage % 50 %
Population coverage % 50 %
Hiring of Key staff
Procurement of vehicles
Procurement of Livestock assets
(goat and poultry)
Procurement of medicine and
vaccines

7. Livestock Sector
Upto date progress:
Name of district(s) Tharparkar & Badin
Establishment of PMU office April, 2017
Divisional Hub Office May, 2017
Transfer of Departmental staff to
the AAP
May, 2017
Hiring of Key experts June, 2017
Purchase of vaccines June, 2017

8. Livestock Sector
Challenges
• Finance (No funds are available as per allocation or plan).
Way forward
• Timely release of appropriate funds.