Livestock and Poultry Sectors

in Pakistan

Ibrahim Basra
 Live stock farming

Buffaloes Sheep Cow

oxen Goat Camel

 Purpose of livestock farming
Meat Milk

Pull Ploughs

Leather

Pull Carts

Pakistan is the forth largest milk producer in

the world
Purpose of livestock farming

Poultry farms

For eggs and

Chicken
 Livestock in national economy
Livestock in Pak GDP 11.4 %
Share in agri. GDP 53.2 %
Livestock in export 8.5 %
Dependent families > 8.5 m
Provides raw material for industry
Social security for rural poor
Security against crop failure in barani
areas
 Livestock Population
(Million Heads)
Province Cattle Buffalo Sheep Goat Camel

Pakistan (2006) 29.6 27.3 26.5 53.8 0.9

Pakistan (2010) 34.3 30.8 27.8 59.9 1.0

Per cent distribution

Khyber Phakhtunkhaw 20 7 13 18 7
Punjab 49 65 24 37 22
Sindh 23 27 15 23 30
Balochistan 8 1 48 22 41

Economic Survey (2009-10)

Livestock Census (2006)
Livestock Population Trend
 Livestock Production Systems
Cattle and Buffaloes
- Rural Keep Small Holdings
- Rural Market Focused Small Holdings
- Rural Money making Farming
- Urban Commercial Dairying
- Desert Cattle Farming
- Corporate Dairy Farming
Sheep and Goats
- Unsettled
- Household
Poultry
- Rural (range) Poultry
- Extensive Poultry
 Long-standing Rural Poultry
Almost every rural household and some urban
households raise poultry
Poultry Population 73.65 million
Contribution to egg production 41.6%
Contribution to meat production 24.3%
Important Diseases: Newcastle disease, Fowl
cholera, Fowl pox

Census 2006
 Dairy Sub-sector
Total milk production (09-10) 36.299 m tons
Milk market
Producers (self or direct selling) 68.0 %
Informal market (Gawala operated) 28.5 %
Formal dairy industry 3.5 %
Dairy industry
25 out of 49 dairy plants are operational
Main players are Nestle, Engro, Haleeb, Shakargang,
Millac
Main products are Milk powder, Yougurt, Cream, Cheese,
etc.
3.0 million litres per day being procurement
Rs 63 million daily going to rural economy
 Meat Sub-sector
Total meat production (09-10) 2.965 million tons
Beef Production 1.655 million tons
Mutton Production 0.603 million tons
Poultry Meat 0.707 million tons
Meat market
Butchers operated shops, many slaughter at shops
Main players at slaughter house
Mainly fresh meat selling
A few chilled meat selling modern butcheries started
Meat industry
80 % slaughtering done outside out side slaughterhouses
Local governments own and operate slaughter houses,
generally rated as unhygienic
11 private sector slaughter houses registered by Animal
Quarantine Department and importing countries
Total export is < 0.6 percent of the production
Bone meal / gelatin also being exported
 Roles in Livestock Development
Federal
National policies, planning & economic coordination
Import/export of animals and animal products
Research and international coordination
Catalyst for livestock development
Provincial
Livestock Development
Veterinary Vaccine Production
Disease surveillance and reporting
Livestock research
Livestock production and health education
Milk and meat quality
District
Veterinary Health service
Breeding services
Animal slaughtering
Livestock Markets
Veterinary Institutions in Pakistan
Livestock Development Restrictions
Lacking feed resources (short by 30%)
Widespread breeding of genetically low-level
livestock
Epidemics of infectious diseases
Poor marketing infrastructure
Lacking institutional infrastructure
Outdated regulatory framework
Limited credit availability to the livestock farmers
(1/10 of agricultural credit)
Low investment by government
 Livestock Development Policy
Vision
Promoting livestock to provide safe and quality
products at competitive prices, covering entire
value chain with focus on market and poverty
reduction
Policy
Private sector led development with public
sector providing enabling environment
Strategy
Private sector led
Increase in productivity
Moving from living farming to market-oriented and
commercial farming
Covering entire value chain
 Poultry Development Policy
Vision
Supply of wholesome poultry meat, eggs and
value added products to the domestic and
international markets at competitive prices
Policy
Facilitate and support private sector-led
development for sustainable poultry products
Strategy
Hi-tech intensive poultry production
Processing and value addition
Improving bio-security
Disease control and genetic improvement in rural
poultry