Assessment and Reflections on Livestock Service Delivery in Andhra Pradesh: A Synthesis

Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics and Sociology, 2022

The present study was purposively carried out in Kashmir Division of Jammu and Kashmir based on the availability of records for data collection at respective Government, Veterinary Healthcare Centers. The aim of the study was to get a knowhow about various challenges encountered by Short Research Article

2011

A study was undertaken in southern peninsular State of India, the Tamil Nadu State, (i) to ascertain the time costs of animal health care and bovine breeding services, and (ii) to comprehend the perceptions of farmers on the livestock services rendered by different service providers. The districts of the state were categorized as 'Livestock Developed' (LD) and 'Livestock Under Developed' (LUD) based on initial base line developed. Travel, waiting and service time were among the primary non-price factors that affected service quality. Average travel time was highest for visiting the public veterinary centre in both LUD (23.05 min.) and LD (21.32 min.) districts. Waiting time with regard to veterinarians providing home services in LUD districts was highest (23.01 min.), followed by public veterinary centre services at LUD districts (22.35 min.), home services by para-veterinarians (22.01 min.) and public veterinary centre services at LD districts (20.10 min.). Both travel and waiting time were much higher in case of breeding services compared to curative services, which could be due to the fact that the farmers preferred Artificial Insemination (AI) over its close substitute, the natural service. However, the service time was relatively less in case of insemination services vis-à-vis curative services both in LUD and LD districts. The quality perceptions of farmers on livestock services revealed that the home services rendered by veterinarians as the best one (0.83), followed by private veterinary clinics (0.75), home services by para-veterinarians (0.74), public veterinary centres (0.64) and cooperative veterinary centres (0.48).

Livestock is an integral part of Indian agriculture and contribute 26 percent of agricultural GDP. About 75 percent of the Indian rural households are keeping the livestock out of which the resource poor farmers own nearly 80 percent of the livestock so extension of livestock information has become an important component for rural development but livestock extension has not much developed in our country. The NSSO survey revealed that only 5.1 % of the farmer households in India were able to access any information on animal husbandry against 40.4 % of the Indian households accessing information on modern technology for crop farming.

2010

2007

Livestock has been an integral part of the Indian rural economy and an indispensable tool of income and employment generation to millions of poor households in India. A study was undertaken in Tamil Nadu (India) to ascertain the cost of livestock services availed by farmers. The districts of Tamil Nadu state were classified into two categories, viz., 'livestock-developed' (LD) and 'livestock-underdeveloped' (LUD), based on initial baseline developed. The cost of treatment of cattle was more compared to other species of animals with the similar disease condition. The mean cost of treatment of a chronic medical case in cattle at a public veterinary centre was INR 20.83, in which the labour cost alone accounted to INR 17.35, with the remaining amount for the drugs purchased outside. However, the mean costs of treating a chronic medical condition in buffalo and small ruminant at public veterinary centres were only INR 13.34 and INR 10.80, respectively. Cost of treating a...

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 1998

Thei'e has been substantial growth in animal health services in India. The number of veterinary livestock units per veterinary institution has declined from 9451 in 1984-85 to 7325 in 1992-93. During the periods the number of veterinary hospitals. polyclinics and dispensaries increased by 26% and the number of veterinary aid centres increased by 23%, Similarly. there has be0.n a substantial increase in rmmpower engaged in animal health services. The number of veterinary Ii ws\ock units per veterinarian declined t)'om 23935 in 1971 to 9359 in 1993, An overwhelming majol'ity of veterinarians is engaged in government sector. However, the number of private practitioners has increased manifolds recently, The incidence and mortality rates due to various diseases have declined significantly and there has been substantial impr~lVemenl in the productivity of livestock. Though animal health sector nas expanded in terms of infraStnlolure and technical expertise. many of the veterinary institutions do not have adequate supplies of preventive and curative inputs because l)fsilol1agc offunds, Ad,;:quate attention needs to be given since a rnaJority of livestock Qwtiers in (ncjia are poor and cm)J1()t atTord high cost of prevention and control of diseases. The future strategy should empha~'ize on aqeqluate supplies ofinplils for prevention and control cif disea$es along with improvement in nutrition and management, as to realize the full prbdll\:tive potential of livestock,

International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences

Livestock sector contributes 4.11% GDP and 25.6% of total Agriculture GDP (Annual Report 2014-15). Jammu is predominantly agriculture-based province. More than 70% of the total population of this province depends on agriculture directly or indirectly. Moreover major portion of this land is plain. These plain lands are suitable for livestock, dairy and poultry farming. Unfortunately, the production of livestock in Jammu is low as compared to

TJPRC, 2013

Veterinary and animal husbandry sector plays an important role in socio-economic development of India. It’s not only provides affordable nutritional food to the millions of people but also generates considerable employment in rural as well as urban sector. The sector also has potential for generating self employment. Apart from generating employment and income, it also provides products like egg, milk, meat, wool, bone, skin, hide, offal, manure/dung, and draught power. The development in this sector contributed to women empowerment in a big way. The demand for agricultural commodities is increasing significantly with rising population and increasing food intake of the population. There are many cooperative players who have entered into contract farming to either support in-house demand for raw material or selling to large corporate customers. The contract farming has a win-win situation for farmers as it has changed the value chain of agriculture by decreasing the dominance of intermediaries. The contract farming has paved beneficial for corporate as it has drastically decreased there procurement cost and increased the profit of the farmers in turn helping rural economy. This paper describes the economic analysis of livestock supply and demand, existing and future potential for growth, meat processing, food security aspects and different extension services. The study also researches on the sustainability of the livestock production and simultaneous livestock development through extension services.

Indian Journal of Animal Research, 2014

A study was purposively conducted following exploratory research design in Alwar district of Rajasthan to assess the satisfaction of the farmers about delivery of veterinary services, provided by department of animal husbandry. The department of animal husbandry deals with welfare of livestock and is responsible for matters related to livestock production, preservation, protection and improvement of stocks, and dairy development. Information was collected with the help of pretested and well structured interview schedule from 150 farmers, who had at least one milch animal at the time of investigation. Large proportion of farmers (38.66%) had medium level of satisfaction with provided veterinary services. Farmers were found 'very satisfied' with reliability of treatment, information about disease outbreak and vaccination of animal whereas 'dissatisfied' with in-time availability of services at village level, awareness campaign and post-mortem of dead animal. There was significant difference in satisfaction level of farmers regarding various services provided by department of animal husbandry.

The main objective of the study was to assess the nature and extent of availability of animal health services received by the rural livestock farmers. The research was conducted in four upazilas namely Companyganj of Sylhet, Modhukhali of Faridpur, Mathbaria of Pirojpur and Mithamoin of Kishoreganj districts. Data were collected by using both quantitative and qualitative methods from a sample of 480 farmers during April to September 2010.Almost all of the farmers had high level of availability of veterinary services in relation to treatment of diseases and availability of medicine. Only few (6 percent) received services regarding artificial insemination. Percentage of respondents receiving services on vaccination (32 percent) and surgery and obstetrics (22 percent) were also moderate. The MFTS project beneficiaries received all services with higher frequencies than those of the non-beneficiaries except from the availability of medicine.The farmers living near upazila headquarter received better services than those living far from the upazila headquarters.