A Study on Feed Stuffs Role in Enhancing the Productivity of Milch Animals in Pakistan- Existing Scenario and Future Prospect

Agriculture sector serves as the backbone of Pakistan's economy by contributing 21.4% to national GDP. The share of livestock sector in agricultural GDP is more than 11%. Pakistan is blessed with 39.7 million heads of cattle and 34.6 million buffalos. The gross milk production in Pakistan is around 51 million tons which is not sufficient enough to meet the needs of over 182 million masses. The productivity of milch animals in Pakistan is much low as compared to their known high potential. Under nourishment is one of the key factors behind poor performance of milch animals. Roughages and concentrate constitute the feed resources but dairy animals are deficient by 29 and 33% in total digestible nutrients (TDN) and crude protein (CP) respectively. There is a dire need to initiate a breeding program to produce quality seed of forage crops and an extension program should be launched to make farmers aware of latest production technology of forage crops. Forage trees such as moringa must be incorporated into the forage supply chain. Rangelands are needed to be protected from overuse and a governing body needs to be constituted to manage the rangelands on scientific basis to enhance the milk production by improving the productivity of milch animals.

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