Bakht Mohammad Kakar said that most of the people of Balochistan depend on livestock and cattle rearing

Provincial Minister for Livestock and Dairy Development Bakht Mohammad Kakar said that most of the people of Balochistan depend on livestock and cattle rearing. Livestock sector in the province can be further improved due to rainfall range and mountain ranges. In addition to this, there is immense potential for cattle breeding in the sub-regions and green belts of the province. He expressed these views while addressing a one-day seminar in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank and the Government of Balochistan. Provincial Minister Bakht Kakar further said that it is a good and appropriating thing that the Asian Development Bank is taking crucial steps to improve the livestock sector in the province by providing easy loans, improving cattle breeding, providing new breed animals to the farmers, and treating the sick. It will also provide a mapping disease system to overcome diseases in far-flung areas . On this occasion, Secretary Livestock Muhammad Tayyab Lahri, DG Livestock Farooq Tareen, Senior Natural Resources Specialist Asian Development Bank Noriko Sato and Banaras Khan, along with a large number of people associated with the livestock sector, participated. In his briefing, Asian Development Bank Senior Natural Resources Specialist Noriko Sato said that 60% of Balochistan’s population lives in rural areas and depends on agriculture and livestock. 50% of the total employed population of rural Balochistan is agriculture. , are associated with livestock, forestry and fisheries. He said that 80% of the total working women population of rural Balochistan are engaged in agriculture, livestock, forestry and fisheries. There is no doubt about the fact that livestock sector faces various challenges in Balochistan including low crop productivity, lack of quality seed, market access and market information, fodder shortage including rangeland degradation and lack of farmer data base for desired targets. The effects of climate change include floods, droughts, heat stress, etc.