The Department of Livestock, led by the Livestock Production Division has initiated the sensitization program on the Livestock Strategies and Action Plans to build a common understanding and readiness for implementation among key technical institutions and field teams. The ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐, involving the National Development Centre for Animal Nutrition (NDCAN), National Sheep Farm (NSF), and the National Cattle Breeding Centre (NCBC). This marks the start of a sensitization effort, which will be extended to other major centres and farms in the coming weeks to ensure a coordinated and effective rollout of the strategies across the country.
These strategies and action plans were ๐จ๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ก๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ by the Department of Livestock, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, as part of the broader national effort to achieve the targets of the 13th Five Year Plan (FYP). They have been developed for major livestock commodities, including dairy, animal nutrition, sheep, and other priority subsectors that are central to national food security and rural economic development.
Importantly, these documents are primarily ๐๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐๐ก ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐ก๐ง๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ค๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐๐ค ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ. By clearly outlining the major interventions and strategies, these documents aim to ensure consistent and reliable delivery of critical services such as breeding, input supply, feed and fodder support, genetic improvement, value chain development, and technical backstopping. This structured service delivery is essential to achieve the production targets and transformation goals of the 13th FYP.
The strategic framework emphasizes increasing productivity, improving input and breeding systems, enhancing value chains, promoting climate-smart and sustainable practices, and enabling stronger institutional coordination. It also places emphasis on leveraging digital systems and private sector engagement to scale up impact.
