CHANGING DIMENSIONS OF LIVESTOCK SECTOR IN TAMIL NAIDU - AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
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Date
2012-05
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CIBTech
Abstract
A study was undertaken to assess the contribution of different outputs such as milk, egg, meat, draught
power, manure and skin and in the livestock sector including poultry. To meet out the growing demand
for livestock products, various technological interventions were introduced in the livestock sector of the
Country and the State which resulted in significant improvements in production, productivity and per
capita availability of livestock products Secondary data relevant for the study were collected from the
Directorate of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services and the Directorate of Economics and
Statistics of Government of Tamil Naidu. The value shares of livestock sector was estimated based on the
secondary data for 1980-81 to 2003-04, with two sub periods, Period I - 1980-81 to 1991-92 and Period II
- 1992-93 to 2003-04 The average value shares of different livestock commodities indicated that the share
of milk group which was 37.42% for the period 1980-81 to 1991-92 had increased significantly to
47.94% for the period during 1992-93 to 2003-04 with the average share of 42.68% for the entire period.
The share of egg group was 3.84%, 5.97% and 4.90% for the periods 1980-81 to 1991-92, 1992-93 to
2003-04 and 1980-81 to 2003-04 respectively. The share of meat, draught power, hide and skin have
shown stable trend and the value share of total manure had decreased
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TNV_IJFAVS_2012_2(2)5-9
Keywords
Veterinary Science