Sustainable Livestock Development

Livestock production in India -Prospects and Challenges Dr.T.P.Sethumadhavan* Introduction We are living in an era characterized by different levels of human disparity and livelihood insecurity. Recently food security, economic recession, severe drought and emerging diseases have become alarming issues. Wide gap exists between availability and requirement of protein sources in the country. It is in this context we have to emphasize the need for augmenting livestock and poultry production in the country. India has 187.38 million cattle, which is about 15% of the world cattle population, of which around 12. 07 % are crossbred. Tamilnadu, Maharashtra, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Punjab account for 60 percent of the crossbred cattle population. 96.62 million Buffalo population in the country comes around 56 percent of the world Buffalo population. India has now emerged as the largest milk producing count...

Livestock production in India -Prospects and Challenges Dr.T.P.Sethumadhavan* Introduction We are living in an era characterized by different levels of human disparity and livelihood insecurity. Recently food security, economic recession, severe drought and emerging diseases have become alarming issues. Wide gap exists between availability and requirement of protein sources in the country. It is in this context we have to emphasize the need for augmenting livestock and poultry production in the country. India has 187.38 million cattle, which is about 15% of the world cattle population, of which around 12. 07 % are crossbred. Tamilnadu, Maharashtra, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Punjab account for 60 percent of the crossbred cattle population. 96.62 million Buffalo population in the country comes around 56 percent of the world Buffalo population. India has now emerged as the largest milk producing coun...