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Pakistan
Index
Livestock provides the draft power available to most
farmers
as well as food, fuel, manure, wool, and hides. Livestock
contributed about 30 percent of the value added by
agriculture in
FY 1993. In Balochistan raising sheep and goats on the
arid
rangeland is an important source of cash to a considerable
part
of the population, although many areas are overgrazed.
In FY 1993, the livestock population was estimated at
17.8
million cattle, 18.7 million water buffalo, 27.7 million
sheep,
40.2 million goats, and 5.4 million other animals,
including
camels, horses, and mules. Production of animal products
in FY
1993 was estimated to include 17 million tons of milk,
844,000
tons of beef, 763,000 tons of mutton, 50,500 tons of wool,
and
42.6 million tons of hides and skins. Despite substantial
increases in livestock production in the 1980s, the
country faces
shortages because of the limited amount of feed and
grazing
areas. In the 1980s, the government increased the size of
cross-breeding programs and took other measures to
increase
productivity, but production still fell short of demand.
Commercial chicken farming is exceptional because
production
using modern methods has expanded rapidly since the 1960s.
Although many farmers raise some poultry, the commercial
chicken
farms account for most of the increased availability of
eggs and
poultry. Poultry meat production increased from 14,000
tons in FY
1972 to 75,000 tons in FY 1983 and 188,000 tons in FY
1993. Egg
production increased from 14 million in FY 1972 to 4.2
billion in
FY 1983 and 5.4 billion in FY 1992.
Data as of April 1994
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