Our Correspondent
Kohima | February 27
As per the 19th Livestock Census conducted in 2012, the total livestock population of Nagaland state stand at 31, 91, 149 numbers compared to 50, 23, 269 numbers in 2007 census showing a negative growth of 36.47 per cent.
This was stated in Nagaland Economic Survey 2018-19 tabled by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio at the third session of 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) here today.
The census revealed that out of 10, 67, 454 animals (excluding poultry birds, ducks, turkeys and quails), pig accounted for 47.19 per cent followed by cattle at 22.01 per cent, dog at 10.59 per cent and goat at 9.31 per cent while mithun and buffalo population accounted for only 3.30 per cent and 3.06 per cent respectively.
The poultry birds, ducks, turkeys and quails constituted 66.55 per cent of the total livestock population in the state, the report stated.
As per the sample survey report of 2017-18, the state produces 45.23 per cent of the total requirement worth of Rs. 1206.15 crore leaving a shortfall of 54.77 per cent.
Out of this shortfall, the state imported animal husbandry products worth of Rs. 212.05 crores in monetary terms.
The report stated that livestock development in the state improve through adaption of various strategies like charting out of road ,map, vision 2030 revival and improvement of the traditional backyard livestock and poultry farming, conversion of demonstration farms into breeding farms on PPP mode are some initiatives which have scaled up production in this sector.
The production of meat, milk and egg in the state during 2017-18 was 32.45 thousand tones, 78.46 thousand tones, 398.76 lakh numbers respectively.
The state has reduced level of per capita availability of meat & egg during 2017-18. This in on account of assuming population of the state at 21, 50,000 and not 19, 78, 502 of 2011 census.
