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Investment Opportunities and Policy Reforms for Small Animals Economy

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Attractive Business and Investment Opportunities in Small Animal Economy By: Vijay Sardana    Like any other sector of economy, small livestock like sheep, goat, pigs, etc. also need due attention in developing economy. These animals need less capital investment to start economic activity and provide regular income to the people engaged in this profession. These animals create multiple streams of revenue and offer very impressive multiplier for rural economy around the world. These small animals can be integral part of any poverty alleviation program anywhere in the world and can deliver better and faster results than any other economic activity. Important: I am sharing this based on my personal experience, in case you have any doubt or disagreement, please do you own assessment and send your findings to me. Investment Opportunities in small animals are in the following areas: Genetic resources i.e. Breed Nutrition resources Health care Small Animals Transpor

Introduce National (Small) Livestock Development Act & Policies

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Protect & Promote Income Multipliers  in Rural Area National (Small) Livestock Development Act and Policy is  MUST By Vijay Sardana  To ensure sustainable income for Small and Landless Farmers Livestock products like wool, hide, meat, bones, etc. are major sources of income for many and meat is a highly preferred food in most of the societies. Large number of food, cosmetic, fashion, pharmaceuticals, health, chemical and many other industries derive their raw material from livestock industry.  70% of Indian enjoy non-vegetarian diet. With incomes rise, consumers' meat purchases usually will increase quite rapidly in proportion to their total food purchase.  Accordingly, a combination of increasing population and rising personal incomes has caused the demand for meat to grow rapidly both in absolute terms and in relation to the demand for most other agricultural products world over. In spite of the huge reservoir of these animals, productivity of sm

Livestock: Any Time Money (ATM) and Cash Options for farmers

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Livetsock Sector: Any Time Money (ATM) or Cash Options for Farmers - Round the Year You must be familiar with  Cash Cow, Piggy Bank, Golden Goose. How to get them, please read on... Livestock Sector is like ATM Machine for Poor Farmers and Gold Mine for Business Houses There was strong consensus that despite the ongoing structural changes and scaling up of livestock production in many parts of the region, smallholder producers continue to be an important and critical part of livestock production systems and market chains. To service these small holders, there is an opportunity for innovation and service. For designing smarter products and policies, however, there is a need to better understand the ‘risks and incentives’ faced by smallholder producers and other value chain agents. At a fundamental level, policy mechanisms should aim at mitigating the downside risk to increase smallholder capacity to specialize in and raise the returns to their enterprises. The growing consu

50,000 and counting from 73 countries

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50,000 and counting...  from 73 countries Thank you very much to all for giving huge encouragement for this blog.  The readers from the following countries have contributed in many ways to make this blog an important place on agriculture and related policy matters. I am happy to see many people are writing and sharing their views and experiences as well.  For me, I have made many friends in this world and our common meeting place is cyberspace. You are also welcome as per your convenience. All are Welcome.  Frequent Readers from the following Countries are on this blog: 1.     Argentina 2.     Australia 3.     Austria 4.     Bangladesh 5.     Belgium 6.     Belize 7.     Bhutan 8.     Brazil 9.     Bulgaria 10.   Burkina Faso 11.   Cambodia 12.   Cameroon 13.   Canada 14.   Chile 15.   China 16.   Columbia 17.   Cote d’lvoire 18.   Czech Republic 19.   Denmark 20.   Ethiopia 21.   Fiji 22.   Finland 23.   France 24