To assess and monitor the development trends in livestock sector from producer to consumer (Supply chain of animal products), to conduct need based economic research on dairying, poultry farming, sheep and goat rearing and cost – benefit analysis of disease prevention, control and eradication of diseases and evaluate likely social, animal and public health as well as environmental impacts and risk of these trends.
This department has been offering both Under Graduate and Post Graduate courses on animal husbandry economics. Under Graduate students of Veterinary Science are taught on concepts of economics and marketing of livestock and livestock products; pricing; farm business and financial management; project preparation and analysis. Various lecture notes, practical manual and question bank were prepared for under graduate courses every year. In Post Graduate courses have been offered on economic, concepts of micro and macro economics, farm production and business, livestock marketing, econometrics, policy framing, livestock project analysis and linear programming for finding the optimum profit and livestock credit.
This department has handled research projects in all major fields of livestock and poultry production, marketing, disease losses, constraints identification, credit and rural development. Policy research outputs are mainly helpful for the policy makers, academicians and research scholars on various aspects of livestock, poultry and rural development. Economic losses were particularly estimated for bovine reproductive disorders and Foot and Mouth Disease. Similarly pioneering research on marketing of livestock and its produce were also carried out.
Special lectures are being delivered to various targeted audience like farmers, trainees/ SMSs/of trainers training programmes, bankers etc. Economic project proposals for starting various livestock units are being prepared and supplied to the needy farmers approaching the department.
A two days workshop on "Preparation of Model Projects" was organized every year for the benefit of technical staff from our TANUVAS peripheral centres and One day workshop on "Cost and Benefit Calculation" was organized for various production subjects staffs of Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal.
