India
Recording A Growth of 6.26 % whereas World Milk Production Increases by 3.1 %
Per
Capita Availability of Milk in India has Increased from 176 grams per day in
1990-91 to 322 grams per day by 2014-15
Egg
and Fish Production has also Registered an Increasing trend over the Years
Production
of Fish During the Last Quarters of 2015-16 has also shown an Increasing Trend
and is Estimated at 4.79 MT
The
Economic Survey 2015-16 presented today in the Parliament by the Union Finance
Minister Shri Arun Jaitley emphasizes that the Indian agricultural system is
predominantly a mixed crop-livestock farming system, with the livestock segment
supplementing farm incomes by providing employment, draught animals and manure.
India ranks first in milk production, accounting for 18.5 per cent of world
production, achieving an annual output of 146.3 million tones during 2014-15
as compared to 137.69 million tonnes during 2013-14 recording a growth
of 6.26 per cent. Whereas, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has
reported a 3.1 per cent increase in world milk production from 765 million
tones in 2013 to 789 million tones in 2014.
The
per capita availability of milk in India has increased from 176 grams per day
in 1990-91 to 322 grams per day by 2014-15. It is more than the world average
of 294 grams per day during 2013. This represents a sustained growth in
availability of milk and milk products for the growing population Dairying
has become an important secondary source of income for millions of rural
households engaged in agriculture. The success of the dairy industry has
resulted from the integrated co-operative system of milk collection,
transportation, processing and distribution, conversion of the same to milk
powder and products, to minimize seasonal impact on suppliers and buyers,
retail distribution of milk and milk products, sharing of profits with the
farmer, which are ploughed back to enhance productivity and needs to be
emulated by other farm produce/producers.
In
the poultry segment, the Government’s focus, besides framing suitable policies
for enhancing commercial poultry production, is for strengthening the family
poultry system, which addresses livelihood issues. Both egg and fish production
has also registered an increasing trend over the years. Egg production was
around 78.48 billion eggs in 2014-15, while poultry meat production was
estimated at 3.04 MT. Fisheries constitute about 1 per cent of the GDP of the
country and 5.08 per cent of agriculture GDP. The total fish production during
2014-15 was 10.16 MT, an production during the last quarters of 2015-16 has
also shown an increasing trend and is estimated at 4.79 MT( Provisional).
There is increasing significance of poultry and livestock products in the
context of diversifying farm and non-farm activities in the agriculture
sector to increase livelihood security.
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