■Share in Agric GDP: 1996: 25.3%;
2006: 49.6%
■Rural people engaged 35%, income
share 40%
■Annual milk and meat production
exceeds US$ 10 b
■Scope exists for more than 200%, with
US$ 10 b export
Livestock population of Pakistan
Unit Cattle BuffaloesSheepGoats
Population (million heads)
Industrialization status (% population)
Commercial59.332.959.050.3
Non-com 40.767.141.049.7
Table 2 Annual milk production
during 2009-10
Animal Milk prodValue % ↑ (Bln
Liters) (US$ b) (10 yrs)
Cattle15.6 7.8042.4
Buffaloes 27.9 13.9532.5
Sheep/gt/cml 1.50.75
Total 45.0 22.535.6
(Pakistan 4
th
in global ranking)
Table 3 Animals slaughtered in Pakistan
during 2006
Animal Slaughtered Value % ↑
(m) (Rs.b) (10 yrs)
Cattle 3.6 71.263.3
Buffaloes 3.3 66.853.2
Sheep 4.7 11.86.5
Goats 11.027.540.3
Total22.6177.340.8
Total value of milk and meatRs.1136.6 b
(Source: Statistics Division, Agricultural Census Organization).
The global status of livestock
resources
■Some countries utilized livestock resources
wisely
■Commercialisation and Industrialization
■Developed and developing countries differed
■Coops/Multinational companies served as
growth engines
■Subsistence production system replaced by
commercial
■International trade system developed
■Quality standards and prices difference
■Future awaits developing countries
The status of Pakistan LS
resources
Recent past
■Depended upon opportunity cost under subsistence
system
■Provincial government stereotyped approach for
disease prevention
■Universities focused on producing graduates with
limited scope
■SMEDA experiments in CMLDP, could not succeed
■Quality control, export oriented productivity,
consumer’s preferences lacked in production system
■Investors could not explore the business
opportunities
Current trends
■President and PM issued directives to bring the
sector at par with Australia and New Zealand;
delegations exchanged; programs launched
■Bigger farmers: Agribusiness SP, Dairy Pak,
■Smaller farmers: Livestock Board, SLSP-EU
launched
■Herd size in livestock increased → SME
■Pak Vet Med Council Act 1996 implemented;
education standardized; syllabus updated
■First Vet Univ at Lahore, CompDVM at Peshawar etc.
■Universities introduced new programs in QC under
WTO guidelines, analytical facilities, business and
marketing, products processing, outreach services
The status of Pakistan LS
resources
The Challenges
■Sensitization of investors for production, processing and services
■Underutilized labour, burden on natural resources, zoonosis
■Bigger herds kept with no proper breed, no source exists
■Poorly managed health make the products unfit for human
consumption, locally and abroad
■Poorly managed reproduction results in drain of buffaloes from
Punjab
■Poorly managed feeding results in depressed fertility, milk
production and farm costs
■Creates threat to environment, leading to farms eradication by LG
■Industry lacks to handle production of RS.+1000 billion
■Public support for financing, technical and marketing lacking
The comparative scenario
■
Ongoing national programs
■Strengthening of Livestock Services Project (SLSP)
◻Duration: 2003-2010 Cost Rs. 1992.66 million (Rs.84=A$ 1)
■Livestock Production & Development of Meat Production
◻Duration 2005-2010 Cost Rs. 1520 m
■Milk Collection Processing and Dairy Production & Development Programme
◻Duration 2005-2010 Cost Rs. 1588 m
■Prime Minister’s Special Initiative for Livestock (PMSIL)
◻Duration 2005-2010 Cost Rs. 1992 m
■National Programme for the control and prevention of Avian Influenza
◻Duration 2007-2010 Cost Rs. 1180.142 m
■Improving Reproductive Efficiency of Cattle and Buffaloes in smallholder’s
production system
◻Duration 2007-2010) Cost Rs. 495.15 m
■Up gradation and Establishment of Animal Quarantine Stations in Pakistan
◻Duration 2006-2011 Cost Rs. 336 m
Scope of livestock sector
■a. Improved quality and enhanced productivity
of milk, meat, eggs and their by-products may
contribute significantly to human health
improvement.
■b. The huge production of livestock sector has
got the scope of significantly reducing the
poverty rate by 50%, providing additional
employment and contributing US$ 10 b to the
export sector.
Areas of educational intervention
■E-readiness through:
◻Computerization of production records
◻Health monitoring, zoonosis and economics
◻Breakeven points and business management
◻E marketing, exportable surpluses
◻Good livestock practices
■Farm automation, labor efficiency,
introduction of new technologies
■Research to increase shelf life of products
while retaining quality and flavor
Areas of educational intervention
(contd)
■Analytical support to the private sector regarding
QC and certification
■Cost-effective, environment friendly enterprise
development under small scale conditions within
WTO guidelines
■Tools:
◻Internship for outgoing graduates
◻Postgraduate research at commercial enterprises