COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PLAN - Puri District

Comprehensive Development Plan – PKDA 20315.4.1.3 Cattle and Livestock:The activities under cattle & live stock include: Dairy activities (stall fed animals, animal grazing on private pasture, animals grazedrandomly or in nearby forest land) Goat & Sheep rearing (stall fed animals, animal grazing on private pasture, animals grazedrandomly or in nearby forest land) Meat processing PoultryLivestock in Odisha is high livelihood intensive and 80% of its rural households own livestock of onespecies or the other and earn supplementary incomes from them. The sector contributes 7.25 % thestate‟s net domestic product and, therefore, development of the livestock sector is the total livestock inOdisha as per 2001 census is about 24 million excluding dogs.Table 5.22: Details of Cattle & Livestock in PKDA regionMale Female TotalCattleCross Breed 17301 68116 85417Exotic 5 22 27Indigenous 171717 204858 376575Total 189023 272996 462019BuffaloIndigenous 5160 11352 16512Improved 43 94 137Total 5203 11446 16649Total (Cattle+ Buffalo) 194226 284442 478668SheepCross Breed 80 227 307Indigenous 26333 48401 74734Total 26413 48628 75041GoatCross Breed 12 12 24Indigenous 39583 80521 120104Total 39595 80533 120128PigCross Breed 2 2 4Indigenous 790 1265 2055Total 792 1267 2059FowlDesi 140376Improved 125698Total 266074Source: Puri district collectorate, CEPT AnalysisOut of the total livestock population, cattle population account for about 59% (about 14 million),Buffaloes account for about 6 % (more than 1million), Goats and Sheep account for about 33 %(about 8 million) and Pigs account for about 3% (about 1million). Besides, the percentage ofgenetically cross breed animals in Odisha account for about 6 % for cattle, about 2 % for Buffaloesand less than 1% and Goats and Sheep. The concentration of the livestock is the maximum in thecoastal districts. The production of milk in 2002-2003 was about 1million tones with per capitaavailability of about 70 grams per day only. The amount of production of milk, meat, egg and percapita availability is given in table –13. The production of meat, milk and eggs are very low incomparison to other States of the country.CEPT, Ahmedabad 111