-Down to Earth The number of camels, pigs, donkeys, horses, mules, ponies and indigenous Cattle breeds has drastically declined The number of Indian livestock has increased due to a rise in the population of sheep and goats, even as indigenous Cattle and other farm animals have declined, according to the 20th Livestock Census. The livestock census has been periodically conducted once in every five years since 1919. But the 20th census was conducted...
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Explained: Reading the livestock census -Harikishan Sharma
-The Indian Express Indigenous Cattle population is further down while crossbred numbers have gone up. Latest census also shows an eastward shift as West Bengal overtakes UP with highest Cattle count. A look at these trends. On Wednesday, the Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying released the results of the latest livestock census, which provides headcount data of domesticated animals in the country. The census shows a further decline in the...
More »Foreign milch cows grow 32%, while no growth in desi milk-producers: Livestock Census 2019
-The Hindu The Centre’s drive to increase indigenous breeds of Cattle seems to have had little impact among cows kept for dairy purposes, according to data from the 20th Livestock Census released on Wednesday. There are 4.85 crore desi (native) milch cows in the country, less than 1% higher than the 4.81 crore population in the last census in 2012. On the other hand, the milch population of exotic and crossbred Cattle...
More »Extreme weather events destroying our economy in a big way, indicates official data
Sporadic natural events like floods and droughts have made headlines in recent times. An official report, which was released in April this year, among other things, shows that extreme weather events have taken a huge toll on both human and Cattle lives, personal property and crops grown by farmers and farm workers. A chapter on extreme weather events and natural disasters in the report entitled EnviStats India 2019, Vol. I: Environment...
More »Agriculture share in India's 'Gross Value Added' fell to 17.9% in FY17 from 18.6% in FY14 -Kirtika Suneja
-The Economic Times The crops sub-sector accounted for nearly 62% of the agriculture and allied sector in 2011-12, which has gradually come down to about 58% in 2016-17. NEW DELHI: The share of agriculture, forestry and fishing declined to 17.9% in India’s gross value added (GVA) in 2016-17 from 18.6% in 2013-14, the ministry of statistics and programme implementation (MoSPI) said in a report. “The share of this sector in overall GVA...
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