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A discussion on Public-Private Partnerships and Assam Livestock and Poultry Corporation Ltd

  “Public-private partnership in Veterinary domain is a joint approach in which the public and private sectors agree responsibilities and share resources and risks to achieve common objectives within the domain, sustainably delivering benefits” – The World Organization for Animal

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Doing things differently

What should we do differently for the development of the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sector in Assam? -A communication targeted at political and executive leadership in Assam by Team, Assam Vet Roadmap Project The government of Assam commissioned Vet Helpline

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Promoting inter-departmental collaboration in State Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Departments in India

Inter-departmental collaboration amongst the government line departments is essential for the convergence of development schemes. Convergence brings synergies between different government programs/schemes in terms of planning, process, and execution often leading to innovation. Collaboration in any form is directly related

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Imperative for Private sector participation for animal disease control and last-mile veterinary service delivery in India

In India, veterinary service is a state subject, and state governments are the primary stakeholders for the implementation of central and state-funded programs related to animal disease control and delivery of last-mile veterinary services. As an additional investment, for the

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Dairy Development in North East India

Popularity of milk in the plains of N E India is at par with other parts of the country. There is also a positive trend in milk consumption by hill tribes. Unlike in 70’s, dairy farming is now an important

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The 6 ‘I’ Agricultural development framework vis-à-vis salient points of proposed National Livestock Policy-2012, GoI

Dr. Miftahul Islam Barbaruah The framing of National Livestock policy has been under consideration of the Government of India since 1993 with the constitution of a High Powered Group under the Chairmanship of Dr. S.Z. Quasim, the then Member, Planning Commission.  

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Report of Planning commission, GOI working group on Animal Husbandry & Dairying (2012-2017)

 Executive Summary and Major Recommendations: India’s livestock sector is one of the largest in the world. It has 56.7% of world’s buffaloes, 12.5% cattle, 20.4% small ruminants, 2.4% camel, 1.4% equine, 1.5% pigs and 3.1% poultry. In 2010-11, livestock generated

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Imperative for integrated development planning in agriculture: the north east india perspective

Dr.Miftahul Islam Barbaruah Differentiation has been the common approach for mankind to understand complex problems. In our country, there has been extensive use of this approach. In order to understand the agriculture related issues deeply and ensure focused action, we

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