Department of Animal Production and Development |
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| Promoting disease free modernized, commercialized animal husbandry with genetically improved high producing livestock and poultry. By that increase the production and socio economic, standard of livestock farmers and make the nation self sufficient in milk, meat and eggs and export surplus. |
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Key Functions: |
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Prevention, eradication and control of infectious diseases of all classes of Livestock and Poultry. |
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Implementation of regulations contained in the relevant acts of Parliament. |
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Treatment of disease of animal and birds. |
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Cross breeding of indigenous neat cattle, buffaloes, goat and sheep to upgrade their genetic potential for production, disease resistance and heat tolerance with suitable exotic breeds. |
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Maintenance of high genetic potential of the crossbred stock. |
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Producing crossbred fattener pigs by maintaining pure bred and crossbred stock. |
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Producing meat type rabbit by maintaining pure bred and crossbred stock. |
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Producing heavy laying and heavy meat producing poultry. |
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Implementing National Breeding Policy. |
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Issuing to farmers breeding stock of all species of Livestock and Poultry commonly reared in the Province. |
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Issuing to farmers propagating material such as seeds and cuttings of suitable species of grass and fodder plants. |
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Training of Staff, Trainers, Livestock Farmers, Potential Livestock Farmers including unemployed youths, school dropouts and widows on modern methods of livestock production management and marketing. |
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Promoting and assisting formation and running of farmer organizations. |
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Co-ordination, monitoring, evaluating field activities, producing periodical reports and feed back information. |
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Planning and execution of Livestock Development Programmes. |
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Liaison with Line Ministry, Department and other institutions for the efficient functioning of the Department. |
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