Animal Husbandry at a Glance

ANIMAL PRODUCTIVITY STATISTICS

PARTICULARS	UNIT	J&K 1950-51	J&K 1976-77	KASHMIR 1996-97	KASHMIR 2001-02	KASHMIR 2003-04	KASHMIR 2006-07
Milk Availability	Lakh tonnes	0.81	1.60	4.10	6.76	6.90	8.38
Per capita availability (per person per day)	Grams	56	100	254	325	326	351

Egg Availability	Million no’s	11	24	192	370	388	363.28
Per capita availability (per person per year)	No.'s	0.7	12	44	68	-	55
Poultry Meat Production	Lakh Kg's	-	20	30	40	40.50	56
Poultry Meat Per capita availability (per person per year)	Grams	-	110	470	715	715	856
Total Livestock Population	Lakhs	32.19	46.58	37.78	39.5	39.98	32.93
(i) Total Cattle Population	Lakhs	13.19	21.38	15.52	15.40	15.36	13.73
(ii) Total Cross Bred Cattle Population	Lakhs	Nil	1.07	6.88	9.05	9.40	8.28
(iii) Percentage of Cross Bred Population	%	Nil	5	44.3	58.81	61.20	65.00
Total Poultry Population	Lakhs	-	20.39	34.33	40.20	42.23	29.71
Number of Veterinary Institutions	No’s	154	736	843	993	1000	1044
Number of Frozen Semen Centres	No’s	Nil	Nil	350	596	596	657
Number of Hatcheries	No’s	Nil	2	3	3	3	3
Number of Poultry Farms/Projects (Govt. sector)	No’s	Nil	10	23	25	25	25
Private Poultry Farms (Organised farms with monthly broiler output of 2000-10000 birds)	No’s	Nil	-	300	1300	1300	1350

( * indicates that the statistics pertain to Kashmir Division only )

CONTRIBUTION OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY SECTOR TO THE ECONOMY OF KASHMIR DIVISION

(2003-2004)

(A) Through Product Output

Note: The figures exclude:

the value of output from products like meat, wool, hides etc. which are covered by the Sheep Husbandry Department/Sheep & Sheep products Board.
contributions via animal draught power.

(B) Assets Created Through Frozen Semen Programme

Birth of 76000 calves during the year 2003-04(@Rs 4000/calf) Rs. 30.40 crores