SUSTAINABLE RURAL LIVELIHOODS THROUGH S.MALL HOLDER DAIRY FARMING: AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
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2014-11
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TANUVAS
Abstract
A livelihood comprises of capabilities, assets (including both material and social
resources) and activities required for a means of living. It is sustainable when it can
cope with and recover from stresses and shocks, maintain or enhance its capabilities
and assets, while not undermining the natural resource base. The case for promoting
increased livestock production is pressing given the rapidly growing demand for animal
products, and the global aim to halve, by 2015, the proportion of the world population
living in object poverty, most of whom are dependent in part, on food and income
derived from livestock. It provide over half the value of global agricultural output and
one-third in developing countries. The main agricultural activity of farmers in India is
the mixed crop-livestock system characterized with low inputs and outputs, making
poor farmers suffer from decreasing sustainability. Livestock production makes an
important contribution to economic development, rural livelihoods, poverty alleviation
and meeting the fast growing demands for animal protein in developing
countries. Livestock especially dairy is a key livelihood among the farming rural
families and provides food for consumption, sources of income and capital and socio-
cultural needs. That livestock rearing is a large opportunity to improve the livelihoods
among poor farmers.
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TNV_WS_SA_E_Nov2014(60-61)
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Veterinary Science, Animal Husbandry Extension