The animal husbandry department of Chhattisgarh is responsible for livestock in the state. It plays an important role in providing draught power and meeting the high demand for animal foods as human population and incomes rise. The department manages land use, animal waste production, and supports rural livestock ownership, poultry development programs, and suppliers of fodder, medicine, and dairy equipment.

1. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY DEPARTMENT OF CHHATTISGARH

2. The practice of breeding and raising livestock within the agricultural industry is called animal husbandry. It
has been practised for thousands of years .

3. The animal husbandry department of Chhattisgarh takes the responsibility of the livestock. They plays a
multi-faceted role in providing draught power.

4. With the growth in human population and per capita income as according to the rising urbanisation there has
been high demand for foods of animal origin.

5. The animal husbandry department takes the authority for managing the land holding under this segment. The
production and composition of animal waste also need to be maintained.

6. The development of this rural economy, as the ownership of livestock is more evenly and democratically
distributed with landless laborers and marginal farmers.

7. The concentration of the greenhouse gas methane (CH4) in the atmosphere has increased by 45% since 1850.
Increase in livestock production has contributed a lot

8. The rural backyard poultry development is a Government of India assisted programme under Centrally
Sponsored Scheme with 100% grant for distribution of chicks to beneficiaries.

9. The animal husbandry department also provides fodder seed suppliers, veterinary medicines, feed mixing
plants, milking machines, dairy equipments, vaccine production units, cattle buffalo suppliers.

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