Relationship Between Livestock and Human Development Indices in Various Districts of Tamil Nadu
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Date
2015-02
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Indian Veterinary Association
Abstract
The present study was conducted to estimate the
correlation between the Sustainable Livestock
Production Index (SLPI) and Human Develop-
ment Index (HDI). The SLPI was constructed
for each district of Tamil Nadu using eight
indicators, three each capturing the economic
(livestock productivity, labour productivity and
energy availability from livestock products) and
social dimension of sustainability (rural female
literacy, access to public infrastructure and
growth rate of common property resources) and
two for the ecological aspects (relative area under
natural vegetation cover to cultivated land and
surplus animals in relation to carrying capacity
of land). The rank order correlation between
SLPI and HDI in various districts of Tamil Nadu
was found to be positively significant (0.451),
which implied that there was moderate positive
correlation between SLPI and HDI.
Description
TNV_IVJ_2015_92(2)77-80
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Veterinary Science