Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 25: Jammu and Kashmir Veterinary Doctors Association (VDA) has said that the decision of Government for creation of two veterinary universities at Jammu and Kashmir will help in making the State self-sufficient in milk, meat, wool, poultry, eggs and fish production.
In a statement, vice president of the association Dr Zaffar Iqbal said that initiative of the Government for creation of two veterinary universities at RS Pura in Jammu and Shuhama in Kashmir will increase the livestock products.
He added that this endeavour would be not only to become self sufficient in this sector but also surplus to export to other deficit locations within and outside the State, he added.
He said that Jammu has an immense potential for livestock development owing to its varied agro-climatic zones, which are suitable for year round development in the livestock sector, adding that Jammu region has overall 66 per cent livestock population of the State.
Government already operates separate Departments for Animal and Sheep Husbandry for Jammu and Kashmir divisions and establishment of separate university for Jammu division will cater to the needs of these two departments and that of Department of Fisheries, in respect of general of regional based research needs and transfer of improved scientific technology for improving economic status of livestock rearing farmers as a part of broad based farming system.
He further stated that the climatic conditions of Jammu region comprising of sub-tropical and intermediate agro-climatic zones are most suitable for intensive livestock based farming system with sufficiently availability of arable and non arable land for supplying sufficient feed and forages to livestock in the form of roughages of the cereals and green fodder from exiting double and triple cropping systems and green and dry forage from an arable land.
“With the establishment of two veterinary universities, the area of operation being smaller will lead to more intensive are specified transfer of technology for accelerated development of region as has already been done by the Government by establishing two agriculture universities and two Government departments in field of agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, sheep husbandry in the two divisions of State”, he added.
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