The cropped area used to grow fodder for the animals has
remained static, at just 4 per cent for about 40 years now.when it comes to
productivity, it is way behind most other nations Like Israel’s productivity is
10 times more India has the highest population of livestock and produces a
whopping 147 million metric tonnes of milk Despite efforts to leverage
cross-breeding of our livestock with those in other countries where the
per-animal yield of milk is much, much more, our cows and buffaloes are unable
to cope with the climatic variation and 40 per cent of the livestock population
is either unproductive when it comes to milk yields or of very little use. hese
were some points that were repeatedly referred to, by about a dozen experts
including senior bureaucrats, some of whom are veterinary doctors themselves,
at the inaugural of a four-day International Livestock Conference & Expo as
a part of the 23{+r}{+d}annual convention of Indian Society of Animal
Production and Management (ISAPM), hosted by its South India chapter here from
Thursday.
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