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Livestock: A Reliable Source of Income Generation and Rehabilitation of Environment at Tharparkar

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  • Herani, Gobind M.
  • Pervez, Mohammad Wasim
  • Rajar, Allah Wasayo
  • Shaikh, Riaz Ahmed

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This paper attempts to identify the farming and growth rate of livestock and demographic conditions helping in its growth and focus is specially to examine: (i) to know the trend of growth of performance of livestock farming; (ii) to promote fencing of farmland and conservation of rangeland for fodder (iii) to find the new topics for further research. Hypothesis given bellow are tested in the light of above objectives: (i). it is hypothysed that livestock farming is reliable source of income generation; (ii). it is also hypothysed that reforming of farmland and rangeland will provide abundant fodder and will prove sustainable source of income generation and rehabilitation of environment. Two alternatives hypothesis are also set: (i). livestock farming is not reliable source of income generation, if properly managed too. (ii) reforming of farmland and rangeland will not provide abundant fodder and will prove sustainable source of income generation and rehabilitation of environment. The study reveals that the important component of agriculture sector is livestock and is an insurance against harvest failures and a source of easily cashable investment capital. It has more than 22 percentage of share of whole province’s livestock. Agriculture dependent families are 81 percent and 92 percent families have opinion that livestock is the only first level sustainable source of livelihood in Tharparkar and needs more attention of researchers to evaluate it.

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  • Herani, Gobind M. & Pervez, Mohammad Wasim & Rajar, Allah Wasayo & Shaikh, Riaz Ahmed, 2008. "Livestock: A Reliable Source of Income Generation and Rehabilitation of Environment at Tharparkar," MPRA Paper 8700, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    Keywords

    Livestock; Trends; Comparison; Tharparkar; Growth rate; Rehabilitation; Reforming;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q13 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Markets and Marketing; Cooperatives; Agribusiness
    • Q12 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets

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