The white revolution and livestock production.

This chapter examines India's livestock sector, highlighting the problem of low productivity and presenting an overview of the country's dairying sector and its milk, poultry, egg and meat production. The need to arrest genetic erosion of indigenous breeds, develop climate-resilient livestock production, and ensure effective input availability are discussed, as well as the role of technological backstopping. The chapter ends by suggesting a road map to accelerate growth in the livestock sector.