The animal husbandry i.e, livestock rearing includes:
- cattle breeding
- goats
- fowl rearing etc.,
Livestock production provides stable income, food security, fuel and nutrition for the family in rural areas. In India, more than 70 million small and marginal farmers have got alternate livelihood options from animal husbandry. The poultry accounts for the largest share.
1. Fisheries:-
The fishing community regards the water body as mother. The major sources of life for fishing community are
- rivers
- lakes
- oceans
- natural
- aquatic ponds.
In India, after progressive increase in budget-allocation, we can see development of fisheries. About 49% of fish production comes from inland sources and remaining from ocean and sea. Among the states
- Kerala
- Gujarath
- Maharashtra
- Tamil Nadu are the major producers of marine products.
2. Horticulture :
It is one of the types of farming in which cultivation of land is undertaken to grow crops like:
- fruits
- vegetables
- flower
- medicinal plants
- spices and plantation of crops.
India is the second-largest producer of fruits and vegetables. The economic condition of many farmers engaged in horticulture has improved and horticulture has became a means of improving livelihood for many poor families of rural India.
Flower harvesting, nursery maintenance, hybrid seed production, and tissue culture, propagation of fruits and flowers and food processing are highly rememerative employment for women labourers in India.
