Principal secretary of animal, sheep and fisheries departments Asgar Hassan Samoon Wednesday said that the state livestock breeding policy envisages achieving self-sufficiency in livestock by the year 2030.
According to an official spokesperson, he was speaking at a meeting to discuss livestock breeding policy and poultry policy with stakeholders.
Samoon stressed on devising a time frame to cover 10 lakh breedable cows under artificial insemination for improving productivity of dairy cattle and overall milk production in the state.
He reiterated that 10 lakh dairy cows shall be tagged and registered INAPH which shall serve a basic tool for monitoring the implementation of Bovine breeding.
For improving livestock productivity, Samoon said there is need to provide effective health cover and disease diagnosis especially for sexually transmitted diseases.
He also called for documentation of comprehensive breeding plans for all species of livestock for successful implementation of livestock breeding policy.