Integrated resource management for increased profitability in livestock farm - A success story

Abstract

An analysis was conducted to assess the impact of integrated resource management on overall profitability
of livestock farm at Livestock Farm Complex, NTR college of Veterinary Science, Gannavaram, Krishna
District Andhra Pradesh during the financial year 2018-19. Rain water harvesting and subsequent
utilization of harvested water for fish and fodder production led to a generation of an additional amount
of ` 26,40,180/- and ` 7,30,000/- from the sale of fodder slips and fish, respectively. The livestock and
poultry manure served as low cost input for fodder and fish production and green fodder decreased the
dependence on purchased feeds which in turn reduced the cost of feeding and improved the production,
reproduction and health status in farm livestock. Integrated resource management yielded an amount of
` 70,04,033/- and ` 22,48,233/- lakhs gross and net income, respectively and the benefit to cost ratio
was 1.47 which was the highest in the history of entire university consisting several research stations and
farms at different places of the state.