In a
predominantly agricultural economy like ours, Dairy Development plays a vital
role in providing self employment in rural areas and ensuring nutrition to the population.
Dairy Development in Tamil Nadu dates back to the 1920s when the State
Co-operative Department stated organizing milk Co-operative societies. Dairy
Development acquires special significance when nature plays truant as is the
case today, in Tamil Nadu, where unprecedented drought has hit the lives of
many rural people. Even feeling of milk animals has become very difficult.
Hence, efficient dairy development calls for an integrated approach namely
rearing maintenance and marketing of milk and as its allied products. As Gandhi
clearly pointedout, Villagers are the backbone of the Indian Economy. In rural
areas cattle rearing is one of the occupations especially among the rural poor
comprising of farmers and artisans- It can fetch a considerable amount of
additional income for their livestock. It provides employment opportunity to
the uneducated children in rural areas. The waste items namely cow dung is used
as a prime material for production of cow dung gas which is largely used as
cooking fuel. The total population of livestock is in India is 35334 million
according to the 1972 census. In percentage of target is animal husbandry.
By Dr. M.
Perumal and Mr. T.
Prakash
(Full article is published in Voice of Research- An International Journal)
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