Role of

Department of Livestock Services

in Higher Education in Agriculture

Dr. Nar Bahadur Rajwar

Director General

Department of Livestock Services

Ministry of Agricultural Development

Government of Nepal

The Country

• Land locked country

• Birth place of Lord Buddha

• Bordering countries:

– China (Tibet): North

– India: East, south and west

NEPAL

– India: East, south and west

• Geographical region

– Himalayan:

• 8 out of 14 highest summits in the world including Mt. Everest

– Mountain/hill :

– Terai: (Mostly bordering with India)

• Altitude ranges from 70 meters to 8,848 meters

Geographical and Political division of Nepal

Geographical division: 3

Eco-zones

Mountain (16 districts)� 35% of total area. (4800 masl

and above)

Hills (39 districts)� Covers about 42% area.(300� Covers about 42% area.(300

to 4800 masl.)

Terai (20 districts)� Covers about 23% of the total

area.(<300 masl.)

Administrative division5 Development regions

75 Districts

3915 Village Development Committees

Livestock and Livelihood

Backbone of rural economy and

represents the Mobile Bank

60% of the rural people are still engaged

in Livestock thus generating rural

employment

Only source of food in Himalayas during

snowfall

Important sector to alleviate rural poverty

Black Gold of Nepal

Share of Livestock in National GDP

• Agriculture share in National GDP –33%

• Livestock contribution to AGDP – 26%

– Dairy Contribution to livestock –62.6%

– Meat Contribution to livestock – 32.4%

– Eggs Contribution to livestock – 5.0%

• Potentialities to increase 45 % contributionto AGDP by the year 2014/15 (APP)to AGDP by the year 2014/15 (APP)

• 65% of which are engaged in subsistence oriented agriculture based integrated crop-livestock farming system

• Highest livestock population per capita and per unit of cultivated land in Asia

• Livestock and it’s products accounts for 11% and 6% of total agricultural exports and imports

Organizational Chart

Directorate Of

Animal Health

Directorate Of Animal

Production

Regional Directorate Of

Livestock Services

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Directorate Of

Training &Extension

Directorate Of

Market Promotion

Animal Disease Diagnosis

Laboratory-1 + 6_

National Livestock Breeding

Center

National Pasture and Animal

Nutrition Office|,

Pasture & Fodder seed production Farm 3

Rhizobium Laboratory 1

Regional Training

and Extension

Centers-5

Livestock Breeding

Officce, 2

Animal Quarantine Offfice-1 + 8_

Department Of Livestock

Services

Central Veterinary Hospital,-1Rhizobium Laboratory 1

National Sheep & Goat promotion Office

Poultry Development Farm

Central Biological Production LaboratoryNational Pig & Poultry promotion Office

Livestock Quality Control Laboratory

Livestock Development Farm 6Veterinary Epidemiology Office

Veterinary Quality control & Drug

management Office

Livestock Service

Center: 359

District Livestock

Service Office 75

Livestock Sub-Center

: 640

National Cattle & Buffalo

promotion Office

Rabies Vaccine Production Laboratory

Veterinary Public Health Office

National FMD & TADS Laboratory

Total Office:132

Objectives of DLS

� Poverty alleviation & Foodsecurity through increasedProduction & Productivity ofLivestock.

� Promotion of Livestock

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� Promotion of LivestockMarket and Processing, thuscreating the platform forcommercialization.

� Control and eradication ofsocio-economicallyimportant and zoonoticanimal diseases. Department of Livestock Services

A. Major Functions of Animal Health Directorate

• National Veterinary Authority ( SPS Agreement and WTO)

• Formulate national policies, directives and norms related to animal health & to promote animal welfare.

• Formulate programme to control and eradicate economically important diseases and zoonotic diseases

• Develop emergency preparedness plan to prevent re-emergence of eradicated animal diseases prevent re-emergence of eradicated animal diseases

• Participate in collaborative researches in cooperation with NARC and other related agencies

• Provide technical support to District Livestock

Service Offices & other animal health related

agencies & support for capacity building

• Communicate technologies, resources and

information about veterinary sciences by

coordinating national and international agencies

B. Major Functions of Animal Production Directorate

• As a focal point to national and international agencies of the related field

• To conduct collaborative programme with national and international organizations

• To assist Department of Livestock Services to formulate policies, strategy, Services to formulate policies, strategy, plan and programme

• To develop project for foreign assistance

• To prepare, promote and control of standard for quality animal production

• To identify, conserve and utilize genetic resources

• To coordinate national level programmes to enhance animal production and productivity.

C. Major Functions Livestock Services Training and Extension Directorate

� As a focal point to national and international agencies of the related field

� To conduct collaborative programme with national and international organizations

� To assist Department of Livestock Services to formulate policies, strategy, plan and programmeprogramme

� To conduct various training programme to upgrade human resources and farmers.

� To prepare the roster list of experts in the area of animal production and animal health

� To develop training curriculum related to animal sciences and sciences

� To ordinate different line agencies in order to develop curriculum of training under DLS

D. Major Functions Livestock Market Promotion Directorate

•To conduct collaborative programwith national and internationalorganizations

•To assist Department of LivestockServices to formulate policies,strategy, plan and program

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strategy, plan and program

•To conduct various marketdevelopment program underpartnership like Hat bazar etc

•To develop and implement variouslivestock product processing program

•To facilitate and promote PPP intoactions

Human ResourcesDescription Technical Administration Total

Gazzeted 337 7 344

NonGazzeted 1923 348 2271

Office

assistance

1435 1435

Total 2260 1790 4050

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Some FactsMilk Meat Egg

Availability 52 lit/head /

year

9 kg /head /

year

23 no/head/yr

Recommended

(National)

57 lit/head /

year

14 kg /head /

year

48 no/head/yr

Service coverage: About 17.5-23 % depending on geographical areas

Adult Body Weight (M): 150 kg

Adult Body Weight (F): 120 kg

Height : 87 cm

Body Length : 91 cm

Chest Girth : 115 cm

Important Facts

Chest Girth : 115 cm

Milk Yield : 0.5-1.2 cm

Adult Body Weight (M): 200 kg

Adult Body Weight (F): 130 kg

Height : 90 cm

Body Length : 99 cm

Chest Girth : 114 cm

Important Facts

Chest Girth : 114 cm

Milk Yield : 0.25-1.5 cm

Livestock Population of Nepal

Species Millions 2010 / 11 Growth rate

Cattle 7.17 0.57

Buffalo 4.68 3.80

Goat 8.47 5.70

Sheep 0.80 -3.10

Pig 1.04 2.90

Poultry 24.48 3.02

Duck 0.38 0.51

DLS : Research and Development facilities

Animal Health

Animal Production

�Livestock Quality Management Laboratory

�National Animal Breeding Centre

�National Pasture and Feed development centre

�Livestock Development Farms - 12

�Central Veterinary Laboratory

�Central Biological Production Laboratory

�Central Rabies Vaccine Production Laboratory

�National FMD and TADs Laboratory

�5 regional veterinary Laboratories

�National Avian Laboratory

�Veterinary Standards and Drugs

Administration

Animal Health

Research Approach

Problem identification and prioritization

– Village level workshop (interaction with farmers)

– RATWG (Research and extension coordination meeting

DLS : Research, Training and Outreach

– RATWG (Research and extension coordination meeting

at regional level)

– NTWG (Research and extension coordination meeting

at national level)

�Conservation, Promotion and Utilization of Animal Genetic Resources

�Identification and selection of hardy, disease and parasites resistant breeds and

species.

�Dairy cattle Improvement Program(DCIP)-PPRS, BGIP

�Implementation of buffalo genetic improvement program.

�Identification of most promising species, varieties and cultivars of the fodder and

pasture in different ecological regions.

�Implementation of buffalo calves fattening program

DLS : Research, Training and Outreach

Animal Production

�Implementation of buffalo calves fattening program

�Research and Recommendation of different breeds of cattle,

buffalo, goat, sheep , swine and poultry .

�Management of nucleus herd of different livestock.

�Management of pure variety of different pasture.

�National livestock Breeding centre- Semen quality, conception rate, genetic

improvement, reproductive disorder.

� Different livestock development farms- Management, breeding and nutrition.

DLS : Research, Training and Outreach

Animal Health

�Early Disease diagnosis of different economic diseases.

�Diagnosis and investigation of Zoonotic diseases

�Vaccine production of major livestock diseases

�Rabies vaccine production for human

�Khari disease: Research regarding etiology, control and line of treatment .

�HPAI : Surveillance and containment Program.�HPAI : Surveillance and containment Program.

�TADs , HPEDs and Newly Emerging Diseases.

Funding Sources

�Government of Nepal

�United Nations(UN)

�World Bank

�Asian Development Bank (ADB)

�USAID

�European Union(EU)

�Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO)�Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO)

�World Health Organization (WHO)

�OIE ( World Organization for Animal Health)

�IFAD( International Fund for Agricultural Development)

DLS : Technology Development

�Development of new breeds of pig: Pakribas; Poultry : Giriraja

�Development of line of treatment for Khari Disease.

�Successfully conducted HPAI control Plan

�Recommendation of different breed of livestock according

geographic condition.

�Recommendation of different fodder species under

different condition.

�Use of Urea Molasses Block/ urea treatment for better �Use of Urea Molasses Block/ urea treatment for better

production.

Ongoing Projects and National Programs

Ongoing Projects

�HIMALI( High Mountain Agribusiness and

Livelihood Improvement Project )

�Zoonosis Control Project

�Leasehold Forestry and Livestock Development

Program

�Dairy Cattle Improvement Program (DCIP)�Dairy Cattle Improvement Program (DCIP)

National Programs

�AI (Artificial Insemination) Mission

�National PPR control Program

�FMD control Program

�Avian Influenza control Program

Capacity Building : Higher Education

�Graduate, post graduate , Ph.D. : Nepal – TU , AFU, PU and

abroad ( Scholarship from different agencies)

�Training- OIE, FAO,USAID, APHCA,SAARC, JICA and

different universities, organizations.

�Observation tour/workshop/conference/seminar

�In-country training / seminars/ workshops

Linkage with NARC and AFU

�DLS participate in collaborative researches in

cooperation with NARC, AFU and other related agencies

�DLS mainly work as extension and development

services. The technology recommended by NARC are

transfer in the farmer level through DLS.

�NARC mainly focus on the research which is almost�NARC mainly focus on the research which is almost

based on farmers problem .

�AFU caters the human resource need in the agriculture

field of the Nation.

Major Thrust areas

�Fodder and Pasture Development

�Breed improvement for sustainable livestock production.

�Control of emerging and re-emerging diseases.

�Improvement of the livestock production and profuctivity.

�Capacity building and Human Resource Development.

�Infrastructure development, processing and marketing of

milk, meat, wool, pasmina and their products.milk, meat, wool, pasmina and their products.

Areas of potential collaboration with Michigan

State University

�To formulate national level programmes to enhance animal production and

productivity.

�Effective management of rangelands.

�Climate change and its impact on animal health .

�Participatory disease surveillance of Vector borne diseases, parasitic diseases

and other emerging and re-emerging diseases.

�Zoonoses control program�Zoonoses control program

�Research grant support to Masters and Ph D study

�Introduction of new technology

�Strengthening Capacity of Veterinary Laboratory

�Strengthening of Animal Quarantine Services

�Exchange of research students/fellows