By Ali Nawaz Rahimoo
The livelihood and food base of people of Tharparkar depends mainly on grazing animals and partially on subsistence agriculture. Agriculture is mainly dependent on
monsoonal rains which are erratic and variable in quantity and to a very little
extent sweet groundwater is available at a few places. The current livestock
population of Tharparkar district is probably above six million. Most people of
the area depend on agro-pastoral economy for their livelihood. Livestock, fully
or partially, contributes to the financial system of every household of about
1.5 million people of the district. Thar must be given priority in matters of
livestock development. The authorities should devise a holistic livestock
development plan to include introducing cross-dairy farming, taking measures
for increasing the livestock health improvement facilities, introducing
low-priced livestock feed. They should further develop local territory lands
and range lands to promote grazing areas, discovering markets for profitable
trade of livestock and its products, butter, ghee brand and packing should be
standardised.
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