Homoeopathy for Animals.
2012
Swaminarayan, Shivang
Dairy farming contributes significantly to the generation of employment in rural India and supplements income to small and marginal farmers as well as landless labourers. Animal husbandry, which has a negligible share of GDP and agriculture, grew rapidly in 1980-96 compared to the crop sector. Today, about ¼ th of GDP in agriculture is accounted for by the allied sectors, in which animal husbandry accounts for the lion's share. Till recently this activity was protected from international competition through import duties and restrictions. However, in post WTO provision Indian dairy activity may suffer in two ways. First, Indian dairy products may have to compete with the major producers of processed dairy products such as European Union, USA, Australia and New Zealand. Second, the surplus domestic dairy products may have to compete with international prices besides ensuring that they do not contain antibiotic and pesticide residue. European Union Regulation No. 1804/1999 encourages use of Homoeopathic and herbal medicines for treatment of dairy animals as well as other food producing animals while restricting the use of antibiotics only in life threatening cases. The co-operative milk society model of AMUL has created a very promising impact on the dairy farmer's life since Operation Flood or the White Revolution in agriculture.
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