The Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries is one of the

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Government of Tamil Nadu The Government of Tamil Nadu () is the administrative body responsible for the governance of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Chennai is the capital of the state and houses the state executive, legislature and head of judiciary. Under the Const ...

. The departments encompasses the departments of animal husbandry, fisheries, milk production and dairying.

Animal husbandry

Animal husbandry department is responsible for providing

veterinary Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in non-human animals. The scope of veterinary medicine is wide, covering all animal species, both ...

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and improving the production of

livestock Livestock are the Domestication, domesticated animals that are raised in an Agriculture, agricultural setting to provide labour and produce diversified products for consumption such as meat, Egg as food, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool. The t ...

and

poultry Poultry () are domesticated birds kept by humans for the purpose of harvesting animal products such as meat, Eggs as food, eggs or feathers. The practice of animal husbandry, raising poultry is known as poultry farming. These birds are most typ ...

in Tamil Nadu, thereby ensuring the production of animal produce such as

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and

milk Milk is a white liquid food produced by the mammary glands of lactating mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals (including breastfeeding, breastfed human infants) before they are able to digestion, digest solid food. ...

. It is the nodal agency responsible for the implementation of welfare schemes for the distribution of livestock support. , the state is a largest producer of

and eggs with an annual production of 20.8 billion units, contributing to more than 16% of the national output. The department administers census and registration of livestock. The department manages veterinary education and research institutes of

Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Tamil Nadu University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (TANUVAS) is a veterinary university founded in 1989 in Madhavaram Milk Colony, Chennai, India. It is composed of the Madras Veterinary College, Vepery, Veterinary College and Research I ...

(TANUVAS) and Institute of Veterinary Preventive Medicine. The Tamil Nadu Livestock Development Agency (TNLDA) is involved in improving the genetic production potential of livestock and poultry.

Fisheries

, the state has a fishermen population of 1.05 million and the coast consists of 3 major fishing harbors, 3 medium fishing harbors and 363 fish landing centers. , the fishing output was 0.8 million tonnes with a contribution of 5% to the total fish production in India. Aquaculture include

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sea weed Seaweed, or macroalgae, refers to thousands of species of macroscopic, multicellular, marine algae. The term includes some types of ''Rhodophyta'' (red), '' Phaeophyta'' (brown) and ''Chlorophyta'' (green) macroalgae. Seaweed species such as ...

mussel Mussel () is the common name used for members of several families of bivalve molluscs, from saltwater and Freshwater bivalve, freshwater habitats. These groups have in common a shell whose outline is elongated and asymmetrical compared with other ...

clam Clam is a common name for several kinds of bivalve mollusc. The word is often applied only to those that are deemed edible and live as infauna, spending most of their lives halfway buried in the sand of the sea floor or riverbeds. Clams h ...

and

oyster Oyster is the common name for a number of different families of salt-water bivalve molluscs that live in marine or brackish habitats. In some species, the valves are highly calcified, and many are somewhat irregular in shape. Many, but no ...

farming across more than 6000 hectares. The department of fisheries is responsible for protecting the fishing rights, enabling

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, facilitating infrastructure related to fishing such as harbors and landing centers, processing and marketing, implementation of welfare schemes for fishermen and protecting the ecosystem. Tamil Nadu Fisheries Development Corporation Limited (TNFDC) is involved in development and management of fishing ecosystems and infrastructure. Tamil Nadu State Apex Fisheries Cooperative Federation Limited (TAFCOFED) is responsible for marketing of fisheries and produce. Tamil Nadu Fishermen Welfare Board is the nodal agency for implementing welfare schemes for fishermen. Tamil Nadu Fisheries University is the primary research and educational institute for fisheries.

Dairy development

Tamil Nadu ranks eighth in milk production and the department is responsible for production and processing of milk and other dairy products. Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation Limited (Aavin) is the nodal agency for the procurement, processing and marketing of milk and milk products.

Ministers

;Animal Husbandry * Anitha R. Radhakrishnan (2021-present) * K. Radhakrishnan (2017-21) * P. Balakrishna Reddy (2016-17) * T. K. M. Chinnayya (2011-16) ;Fisheries * Anitha R. Radhakrishnan (2021-present) *

D. Jayakumar D. Jayakumar is an Indian politician and was a Member of the 15th Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was the Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly until his resignation on 29 September 2012. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislat ...

(2016-21) * K. A. Jayapal (2011-16) ;Milk and Dairying * Mano Thangaraj (2021-present) * K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji (2016-21) * V. Moorthy (2011-16) * U. Mathivanan (2006-11)

References

External links

Official website of the Department

Official website of Government of Tamil Nadu
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