'Dairy Industry in Pakistan\r'

'While comparing the cheer of milk with other bullion crops, it was mentioned that milk had a value roughly 60% higher as compargond to both wheat and cotton together. The land of Pakistan is benefited with both irrigated plains through mighty Indus river with its tributaries and desert beas wish well pedant and Thereafter. Pakistan is expended from costal range areas in the south to the alpine pastures in the north and has variability in topography, rainfall, immunity, temperature, build and animal species, social and cultural heritage.So Larry development Is non only name to meet ten ripening means AT animal protein but for socioeconomic reasons as dairy farm animals provide regular cash income, economic utilization of family labor, create social security and supply growing markets. Milk production is an passing labor intensive occupation, how of all time, in many countries of the terra firma including Pakistan, it is the most productive way of converting crop residues and agro industrial wastes into valuable food.But due to biological and technical constrains like shortage of run for, high mortality ordain, sorry emetic potential etc; socio economic constraints like high excitant cost, scarcity of sources, inadequate marketing systems, commercial feed application and policy constraints render this sector undeveloped and truly in a miserable condition. The briny objective of this article is to review the potentials, problems and solutions pertaining to dairying in Pakistan. Main features of dairy sector in Pakistan.Dairy industry in Pakistan has similar characteristics, like other growing Asian nations, which include small herd, poor inheritable potential of animals for milk, low quality deeds, high risks of epidemics, unfit marketing channels, lack of technical man indicant for dairy industry, high environmental stresses, reproductive reverse and high udder abnormalities, orthodox management practices, poor extension services and lac k of commercial rations. despite of all above problems, dairy animals, mainly overawe and cattle are producing 26. 4 gazillion tones of milk in Pakistan (Agriculture Statistics, 1999-2000).Per capita availability of milk in Pakistan is 82. 4 Keg annually. This quantity of milk provides more than fractional of the 17. 4 g of animal protein available or each Pakistani daily. But Pakistan still has to result dry milk and other milk products e. G. Butter, cheese, yogurt, cream, whey etc. Every year to fulfill the ever increasing demands for milk and milk products. During year 1999-2000 Pakistan expended about 1213. 5 million rupees of valuable foreign rallying to import the milk and milk products (Agricultural Statistics, 1999-2000).The increasing demands for dairy products are attributed to high universe growth rate and rapid arbitration. Population of overawe and cattle. Pakistan owns about 23. 3 million heads of buffalo Agriculture Statistics 1999-2000). The buffalo populatio n increased about 14. 7% during the last 6 years from 1996 to 2001 in Pakistan. Population trends indicate that their emergence is likely to further increase in future day (Khan, 1998) Punjab, Kinds, NFW and Balloonists provinces contribute 64, 28, 7 and 1%, respectively, to the total buffalo population of the country (Livestock Scenes, 1996).These figures indicate that most of the buffaloes are present in irrigated areas and along riversides of the country. About 60% of the total buffalo stock is, female buffalo stock, of above three years of age. It is estimated that about 8. 7 million heads of buffalo are in milk, rest either in dry stage or not yet calved. About 0. 42 million buffalo bulls are available either for procreation or for work purposes. According to Economic fall over (1999-2000) of Pakistan about 22. 4 million heads of cattle are available in Fig. 1.\r\n'