Livestock plays an important role in the economy of our country. It provides job opportunities to majority of the rural population from which they earn their livelihood and contributes 9% share to the GDP and 37% to the Agriculture sector.

Beside this, it provides milk and meat for daily consumption to the over increasing human population, draught power for cropping and rural transport, field-yard-manure for soil fertilization, raw materials for industrial products and hides, skins and wool for earning of foreign exchange. It is also responsible for supplying 16% of the total household energy on the form of dung.

Another important benefit of livestock is the best utilization of the passive woman labor force which makes more than 50% of national population. Our rural women are mainly involved in Animal Poultry Husbandry practices such as feeding /grazing housing and milking of animals. This activity is the major source of cash income for rural woman to meet their daily needs.

The Directorate of L&DD undertakes to accomplish the following assigned tasks in discharge of its responsibility towards the development of livestock sector for the benefits of the public in general and the farming community in particular, in order to raise their income and living standard.

• Provision of animal health facilities and services to livestock farmers through curative and prophylactic measures; establishment and maintenance of veterinary hospitals, dispensaries and centers in functional order.
• Improvement of local breeds of cattle and buffalo through the provision of artificial insemination service to the livestock farmers; establishment and maintenance of artificial insemination centers and sub-centers.
• Provision of livestock production extension services to the livestock farmers (and female farmers in selected cluster areas) through a network of veterinary institutions.
• Provision of periodical in-service training to the departmental staff in animal husbandry, extension and animal health disciplines; practical pre-service training to Veterinary Assistant students of Agricultural Training Institute (ATI), Peshawar; training to field staff, male and female livestock farmers for various NGOs and projects in livestock management and related subjects.
• Establishment of livestock breeding farms for propagation of improved breeds of different livestock species, wherever feasible.
• Improvement of poultry production through the establishment of demonstration- cum-egg production farms.
• Provision of services to Local Government Department in the meat inspection by conducting ante-mortem and post-mortem examination of animals.
• Undertaking livestock development related activities in collaboration with donor assisted area development projects and NGOs

Activities of L & DD

Role of Livestock in the National Economy:

• Livestock sector contributes 49.1% to Agriculture sector and about 11.4% to GDP.
• Provides more milk and meat for daily consumption to the over-increasing human population
• Convert crop residues, and agro-industrial wastes and by-products into valuable edible products.
• Provides industrial raw materials e.g. wool, hides & skins and sources for agro-based food industry.
• It is also responsible for supplying 16% of the total household energy in the form of dung.
• Provides draught power for cropping and rural transport.
• Provides field yard manure for soil fertilization.
• 30-35 million rural populations is engaged in livestock raising, having household holdings of 2-3 cattle/ buffalo and 5-6 sheep/ goat per family which help them to drive 30-40% of their income from livestock.
• Another important benefit of livestock is the best utilization of the passive women labor force, which makes more than 50% of the national population.

 

• Species-wise Livestock Population:

SPECIES	PAKISTAN	NWFP	SHARE OF NWFP (%)
Cattle	20.956	5.968	21
Buffaloes	20.733	1.927	9
Goats	50.379	9.599	19
Sheep	20.649	3.363	16
Poultry	70.648	20.695	29
TOTAL:	183.365	41.552	23

• Availability of Livestock Products for human consumption in NWFP:

Item	Availability	Requirements	Difference
Milk (million tons)	2.79	2.254	(-) 0.536
Beef (million tons)	0.229	0.783	(-) 0.554
Mutton (million tons)	0.096	0.499	(-) 0.403
Eggs (million dozens)	292.000	530.000	(-) 138.000

Statistics on availability and requirements of livestock products in NWFP

• Per capita daily requirements of animal protein =27.4gm
• Per capita daily availability of animal protein =16.6 gm
• Gap between demand and supply of animal protein=10.8gm (40%)

 Achievements in Animal Health Services(2005-06 &2006-07)

ACTIVITY	Achievements 2005-06	Achievements 2006-07
Animals treated	3141480	4069927
Animals vaccinated	1333624	1517606
Birds vaccinated	2584182	3574839
Animals Inseminated	240020	282779
No. Of Mott grass Plot established	467	282
No. Of Field days conducted	1063	700
No. Of Farmers Trained in Bird Flu	4859	2620
No. Of Farmers Trained in Livestock Management	12884	4265
No. Of Animals distributed on offspring return basis	Goats: 511 Sheep: 541 Cattle: 211	Goats: 295 Sheep: 300 Cattle: 100
No. Of Birds distributed	50648	16485
Receipts (Rs.)	20588769	25617604

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