Information Brochure on Sheep and Goat Markets in Southern Districts
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Date
2015
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TANUVAS
Abstract
Livestock markets of Tamil Nadu (commonly called as Livestock shandy) are the
traditional places, epitomes of animal farming heritage and the major places for livestock
marketing. Though, it seems to be so traditional and not scientific, it is regular, systematic to
some extent and serves the livestock farming community in their business perspective. Even in
the era of globalization, the nature and function of livestock markets in Tamil Nadu has not been
modernized due to the inherent nature of livestock trading and lack of attention of stakeholders
for improving the same. Compulsion for the presence of animals for marketing, individualistic
selection methods, problems in transportation, infrastructure requirements, disease problems
in larger volume of animal inflow etc., are the factors that make the livestock marketing more
complex than agricultural marketing. Basic information about the livestock markets of Tamil
N adu is not available even in organized secondary data sources like livestock census, state's
animal husbandry statistical reports etc.,
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