Aspects of Milk Production and Availability in Birbhum District vis-a-vis the State of West Bengal - Steps for Augmentation of the Sector

摘要

The production and productivity of Milk Yielding Animals is low in Birbhum District and related to this factor, the per capita availability of Milk is as low as 99 Grams / Day, whereas the corresponding figure for the State of West Bengal and India were 145 Grams / Day and 307 Grams / Day in 2013 -14 respectively. However, as 6.77 per cent of Catties and Buffaloes of Birbhum District were breedable in 2012-13 and there was a gap of 11,29,700 MT between Dry Matter (DM) Availability and Requirement forAnimals in Birbhum District in the year of 2011-12 and only 00.13 per cent of the Gross Sown Area of Birbhum District was under Green Fodder Crops in 2014-15, the potent tools to increase the production, productivity and availability of milk in BirbhumDistrict should be based on two main strategic interventions viz. Breed Up gradation of Milk Yielding Animals through Artificial Insemination (AI) Technology and improving the nutritional status of the Animals by feeding the Green Fodder through increased Cultivation of the same along with scaled up institutional infrastructure and service availability for the all round care of the milk yielding animals of the District in concern.