Rural youth advised to rear animals as lucrative profession

SARGODHA, Dec 09 :Unemployed youth in rural areas have been advised to rear animals as the profession is lucrative and reasonable.
This was advised by Deputy Director Livestock department Dr Tanveer Kalyar while talking to a group of farmers here on Monday.

He motivated breeders to rear animals, adding that rearing cattle would not only help farmers economically but also contribute to strengthening country’s economy.

He said: “Livestock has a 24 per cent share in GDP and farmers can enhance their profit by rearing high yielding breeds”. He was of the view that rural youth should not leave their homes and villages to find employment in cities, rather it was better to stay in villages and
make livestock business as a mean of livelihood. He said that women could also earn by rearing poultry and sheep, adding that livestock department provides free technical assistance and vaccination facilities to animal and poultry traders.
“About 40 per cent of the local population in Sargodha region is linked
to the livestock sector”, he maintained.