Web-GIS based livestock information management system (WGLIMS): Review of Indian scenario

India has been traditionally and primarily an agricultural economy country. The rural population mainly depends on livestock like cows, buffaloes, goats, horses etc. The livestock population of India is huge and animals as a whole play an important role in the agricultural economy even though they often receive inadequate nourishment. The objective of animal husbandry programme is to increase the supply of milk, meat and eggs, a greater consumption of which is very essential in order to balance the present customary diets and to provide efficient bullock power for agricultural operations in every part of the country. The quality of the cattle is thus of critical importance to the rural economy. There are also certain animal products such as wool, hair, hides and skins etc., the efficient utilization of which as industrial raw materials has a growing economic significance. Animal husbandry programme continues to encounter serious practical difficulties, for which the size and the nature of the problem and its essential features needs to be understood. Livestock Management involves the overall productivity, management, improvement and planning for livestock resources for each and every region of the country. Proposed Web-GIS based Livestock Information Management System (WGLIMS) takes care of the solutions and can be utilized for management, analysis, visualization and dissemination of information available on the livestock in India.