West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences

Overview

The livestock and fisheries sectors are fast developing in the Country for which the pressure on land is massive in inclined state all over the India. During, 2008-2010, the livestock and fisheries sectors contributed approximately 5% of the total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and about 27% value of the output from agriculture, animal husbandry and allied ventures. Livestock production has been growing faster than any agricultural sub-sector and it is foreseen by 2020, the livestock will account for more than half of total global agricultural output in economic terms. To reach the growth rate of 4% in the agriculture sector as envisaged in the XI plan, the growth in livestock and other allied sectors becomes much essential. To attain this, varieties of technological interventions were introduced in these sectors in the country, which paved the way for significant improvement in productivity and production and also per capita availability of livestock products.