Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik released a book, entitled “livestock Sector in Odisha” written by Bishnupada Sethi and GK Tripathy, which gives a holistic picture about the livestock sector and its importance in Odisha.
The authors have carefully examined the conventional schemes and programmes implemented by major players operating in the field and at the same time indicated possible new directions likely to be undertaken in future to match the desired level.
There is a lot of scope to different stakeholders like researchers, students, academicians, developmental agencies, livelihood experts, planners and social activists and other stakeholders to formulate further ideas for development basing on the information imbibed in the book. The book also highlights about the local animal germ-plasm reared since centuries.
Moreover, some data collected through surveys like the National Sample Survey (NSS) have been analyzed. The publication provides information on distribution of livestock by different categories of household, land used for animal farming and households deriving major income from animal farming.
All the eight chapters are elaborated in a cogent manner to trigger the thinking process for future actions. The authors have made a unique attempt to document the unexplored and the least priority areas.