Year: 2017 | Month: April | Volume 7 | Issue 2
Dynamics of Livestock Population and Output in Rajasthan: A Temporal A
Abstract:
The total livestock population in the last five and half decades in Rajasthan was noticeably increased from 32426.98 thousand number in 1956 to 57732.20 thousand number in 2012. The increase in buffalo population during this period was more than four times. As far as population of small ruminants are concerned, sheep and goat dominated the livestock population and constituted over 50 per cent of livestock population in the state. The goat population has been growing at faster rate than sheep population. Annual milk, egg and meat production in state have grown about four times, seven times and ten times, respectively, since 1985-86 to 2014-15. The annual production of wool has declined. The per capita availability of milk, egg and meat in state has significantly increased during 1985-86 to 2012-13. The per capita availability of milk in state was higher than ICMR recommendation while that of egg and meat was lower than its recommendations. The gap between demand and supply for milk has changed from negative to positive since 1994-95 onwards while it was negative in case of meat and egg products.
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