Livestock Economics, Marketing and Business Management

INTRODUCTION

• Activities allied to agriculture viz. animal husbandry, fisheries and forestry have the potential for providing significant employment opportunities to rural and urban population.
• Allied activities provide supplementary occupation to the people besides contributing to Gross State Domestic Product.
• Dependence on the agricultural sector for supporting livelihood is well known while the allied sectors offer scope for absorbing surplus labour from the agricultural sector.
• The allied sector has the potential for putting the State's rural economy on a higher growth trajectory.