| Sustained on the sand, the air and the water | | | Bhushan Parimoo | 4/2/2015 11:39:06 PM |
| Livestock is made to sustained literally on the sand ,the air and the water.
Incontestably back bone of national economy . Largest employment generating
activity after agriculture in the country. Right from ploughing fields to raise crops, give organic manure, biogas, dairy products, animal protein, by products such as hides, bones, fiber, acts draught animals.
Livestock sector supplements income from crop production and other sources and absorbs income shocks due to crop failure. It generates a continuous stream of income and employment and reduces seasonality in livelihood patterns particularly of the rural poor (Birthal and Ali 2005). While crop sector is on decline, livestock sector has shown constant rise in spite of impedes, annual growth of GDP,gross domestic product from livestock is 7.3% in compression to much pampered crop sector is said to be mere3.1% It contributes about 6 percent to the Gross Domestic Product and 25 percent to the Agricultural Gross Domestic Product.
Over the last two decades, livestock sector has grown at an annual rate of 5.6 percent, which is higher than the growth of agricultural sector (3.3 percent). Wisdom is often questioned . When livestock plays such an important role in socioeconomic development of rural households., Why feeding aspect of it is ignored altogether .Quantitative and qualitative of fodder and feed is a prerequisite . To sustain and thrive. Like for all livings diet is dire essential .livestock owners are mostly below the poverty line, estimated that 90% of the animals belong to small and marginal farmers and landless population,. That may be the reason not to accord Political empowerment through economical Empowerement .The move be a deliberate one. .
Jammu and Kashmir state still after 60 years of planned economy depends on imports of husbandry products, Milk, Ghee, Mutton and other related products.Import of Dalda was banned till 1964, consumption of Ghee main item in jammu was available At present, the State of Jammu and Kashmir faces a deficit of 80 %fodder, Which tells upon directly on Livestock.
Livestock is literally starved to death in degrees.. It is forced to sustain on obnoxious weeds , like Lantaeria camera , locally called Panch Phooulee, Parthenium hysterophorus, called Congress Grass, ,even on plastic left overs.Proves deadly most of the time. .Previously about 80% fodder used to come from Forests, Fodder trees around and rest by products residual of crops. We had Village Khakchari land called also Gahoouchara, Panchayat land,buffer zone between village landsand the Forests called Barun land State lands called Khalsa on which Livestock were sustained All has been grabbed ,by influential in a nexus between Politicians, officers of Revenue ,Forests Police ,Bureaucrats and Mafia.Forest source has almost dried up.
Farm produce supplement is quite inadequate , Nutritional feed is not within the reach of major section of livestock rears. .A proposal many years back to have a fodder bank at block level did not click as there is nothing to store., "Lt Gen D. D. Saklani". Advisor to the Government did agree to have Fodder Demonstration Plots of perennial and local Fodder at Block level He directed State Forest Corporation to take up the assignment but again didn't click Sh Jagdesh Keshwa , ex Director General, during his tenure as Animal and Sheep Husbandry commissioner to government of J7K did took keen interest for fodder development Unfortunately it last with his tenure. . Integrated Sample Survey 2010-11, Livestock in the state is about 155.867 laks comprising 31.185 lakhsCattle,33.788 lakhs Sheep.7.704 lakhs Buffalo,20.748 Goats ,Horses and Ponies 1.05 lakh and Yak 0.62 lakhs For its development State has Cattle Breeding Farm 4,Buffalo Breeding Farm 2,Equine Breeding Farm2,Sheep Farm 17 Goat Farm 6State has number of Astrologists,with Sheep, Animal, Agriculture and Forests Departments besides Agriculture Universities to suggest ways and means to improve feed and fodder availability .It lacks pronounced thrust because , for paucity of funds .. State envisaged decades back to provided economic empowerment through sustainablegrowth of livestock and poultry for nutritional security and economic prosperity of Jammu and Kashmir. Genetic up-gradation of livestock with exotic germplasm is the main activity associated with genetic up-gradation. Frozen Semen Technology being the mained to achieve it in cattle and natural service in Buffalo and Small Ruminants. and ensure a disease free But sustainability aspect is altogether overlooked. A word of caution was expressed way back, in march 1955 by Late S. K. Dey India's first Union Cabinet minister for Cooperation and Panchyati Raj. remembered as "social engineer" the Artificial insemination is making rapid stride. Unfortunately little is being done to promote the cultivation of fodder appropriate to the new breed that The indigenous cattle population will appear somehow to carry on even on the sand, the air, and the water But new test tube baby princes we care bringing into will need relatively princely handling so far the fodder is concerned . He warned that If it is not done ,we shall end worse than we begun This is a matter that needs immediate attention State had a Fodder Board under .
Agriculture Department stands wind up years Back, So has been a pasture Development programme under G&B sub -plan with Forest Department .In addition a GOI had a Pasture Development Station ,during Charged Scenario in valley forced to shift, Land was not made available in jammu so it too has to wind up.Besides another center government outlet for Fodder development exists , at low key just occasionally distributes fodder kit, the number is very limited Writer tried a few fast growing high yielding grass varieties such a Deenanath Pennisetum pedicellatum, African Hall maize, guinea grass, but since they are not perennial, despite their acceptance was to hold good Unlike Homo sapiens who receives preference treatment for survival.It is criminal negligence to ignore other living beings around us all .Almost whole budgetary provision kept for their welfare one way or the other, Because they have devised, perfected and employed every conceivable methods to rake up issues., It may be through memorandums, press releases, personal contacts, dharma's ,gahoras shutdowns,rail or, road rokho hunger strike, even at times threat to immolation, Unfortunately livestock are not capable to restore to. Don't care for those who ignore you Because of not gifted, ,to articulate their problems to redress like humans are. .
Had it been so then we must have seen hordes of livestock in protest, against the authorities for being blind to their substance needs to survive in this severe drought.. Creating chaos kicking,hitting,smashing all that came in their way. bringing commute system ,supply chain of dairy products, meat and other relative products to .grinding halt.. create hygienic problem by littering at will . Fortunately such a situation shall never arise., they are inherited handicap in this matter.
These dumb driven cattle, as they are called, does not have vote bank for any use to politicians or an issue forMedha Patekar ,Arundhiti Roy and many like these .social activists . Since livestock has no religion or caste obliviously their problem is not in the schemes of things who rack up Manu doctrine nor minority/majority issue , Elections seasons over now Madam Menika Gandhi/ other animal protectionist are also mum.
The most important features of these programmes are that they provide subsidiary occupation, offer gainful employment at the location itself, and make better utilization of female.Most of these programmes are particularly suitable for weaker sections of the rural community and have re-distributive effect on rural income in favour of them. Renowned Sociologist BSBaviskar explains that Operation Flood was considered a means of overcoming the barriers of caste, class, and power, something earlier rural development programs had been unable to do.
Since milk production does not require much land, but family labour which the poor have amply, the landless poor can easily and profitably participate in the white revolution, deriving employment and additional income from it. Since milk is not a polluting substance in the Hindu religious ideology, people belonging to any caste, even the lowest, can and do participate in producing milk. . .
. Also cooperatives which organize only milk producers can successfully bypass the constraint of village power structure. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his maiden budget set aside Rs 50 crore for cattle-breeding in IndiaBut no funds for Fodder and feed programme cattle-breeding cannot be carried empty stomach. |
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