Department of Agricultural Economics , University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur-584 102, Karnataka
Online published on 10 September, 2013.
The study has examined the dynamics of livestock population in north-eastern Karnataka as well as in India by compiling data for the period 1982 to 2007 from the livestock censuses released by the Government of Karnataka and Government of India. The study has observed that the number of total livestock increased from 406.3 million in 1982 to 516.5 million in 2007 in India giving an annual growth rate (AGR) of 1.09 per cent, and from 24.3 million in 1982 to 30.5 million in 2007 in Karnataka with AGR of 1.03 per cent. In north-eastern Karnataka, covering six districts, the total livestock population increased from 4.9 million in 1982 to 7.3 million in 2007 with AGR of 1.98 per cent. Within the north-eastern Karnataka livestock, the growth in cattle and buffalo population registered an AGR of -0.05 per cent and 2.14 per cent, respectively. The growth rates in sheep population and goat population have been found as 5.75 per cent and 2.78 per cent, respectively. The sheep population has been found to exceed the cattle population in north-eastern Karnataka.
Dynamics, livestock population, growth rate, north-eastern Karnataka
