mapping of animal Census data

mapping of animal Census data

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE OF DIRECTION FOR IMPROVEMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING STATISTICS HELD DURING OCTOBER 05-06, 2006 AT PUNE
inaugural address

Smt. Leena Mehendale, Principal Secretary, ADF, Government of Maharashtra in her inaugural address expressed her great pleasure that the Government of India has chosen Pune for holding the TCD meeting. She mentioned that the development potential of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries (ADF) is tremendous and planners may aspire to attain up to 10 % level of the growth rate. Information is an asset for planning. The ADF sector is very important from food security viewpoint. Agriculture and Animal Husbandry sector should go hand in hand. From energy point of view again, there exists substantial contribution potential from this sector. She suggested for the mapping of Census data which may mean convergence of many departments. Time series analysis and regression analysis should be put to use in order to understand numbers better. Total productivity and strategy for productivity increase will be different for different people. She illustrated this concept by giving the example of sheep rearing activity. It has different dimensions if its aims and hence people involved are different like for those pursuing for the life sustaining activity, for commercial or growth potential activity or for export base increase activity etc. In all such cases, for different people, different strategies of developments would be relevant. She appreciated calling TCD meeting at Pune as the participating officers would be free from all file works and would devote much of their time in deliberations. She wished a great success to the meeting in achieving its goal.