Transcript LIVESTOCK GROUP - University of Agriculture, Peshawar

LIVESTOCK GROUP
ACTION PLAN
• 1st Week
• Review of Current Policy Documents
• Present Status of Policies Recommendations’
Implementation
• Review of Completed / Abandoned Projects
and Ongoing Projects
• Draft Report – 20th February
Action Plan
• 2nd Week
• Identification of Key Issues in Development
Projects (Stakeholders Workshop)
• Recommendations on Production Models
Based on the Potential Ecological Zones
• Identification of Short Term Development
Projects (28th Feb)
Weakness- low productivity
• Shortage of fodder, poor management
practices and poor genetics value
• % of cattle with
% of buffalo with
Ave. production
Ave- production
Liter / day
Liter/day
< 10
> 10
< 10
> 10
90 %
1%
98%
2%
Importance of Livestock
• Livestock sector has emerged a leading sector of
agriculture over the past 15 years
• Share in national GDP 11%
• Share in Agriculture GDP 52%
• 30-35 million people of rural areas are engaged in
livestock raising & deriving 30-40 percent of their
incomes
• Share of L/S in Agriculture growth has jumped from
25.3 in 1996 to 52 percent in 2010.
• Value of milk alone is higher than combined value of
2 major crops (wheat & cotton)