About the Book: Extension Techniques for Livestock Development
Livestock sector plays a significant role in the Indian economyparticularly in
reducing poverty among the weaker sections of thesociety. Livestock not only
provides a continuous stream of incomebut also acts as natural capital assets
for the poor in adverseconditions. India is having huge population of livestock
but theirproduction potential is below the global average. Besides this,
acontinuous rise in the demand of livestock products opens door fordissemination
of latest innovative methods among livestock owners,farmers, farm women, etc in
order to enhance livestock productionpotential. This requires a strong extension
support with trainedextension professionals, who may help farmers in identifying
theirproblems, help