LIVESTOCK INSTITUTE OF TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT (LITD) is a premier Non-Government Organization, playing a vital role in the national efforts of developing India through veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry transformation.
LIVESTOCK INSTITUTE OF TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT (LITD) is an effort to set Animal Husbandry at the core of India’s mind sets and collective national thinking.
LIVESTOCK INSTITUTE OF TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT (LITD) is a national level platform in India with a mandate for policy research, advocacy and enterprise development in Livestock sector. Besides, LITD is engaged in business and trade facilitation, farm services and providing a platform for global partnerships. It emerged out of the long felt need for a comprehensive approach to address issues in Livestock sector and tapping of emerging global business opportunities overcoming compartmentalized approach and absence of coordination and dialogue among various stake-holders. Currently in India, various stakeholders in the Livestock sector like the national and state governments, policy makers, research and academic bodies, extension agencies, value addition industry, NGOs, financial bodies, developmental institutions and farmers groups think in silos, often with contradictory approaches for the same ultimate cause. LIVESTOCK INSTITUTE OF TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT (LITD) aims to foster convergence and greater communication between different stakeholders and work towards bringing India aggressively into the loop of global trade and commerce. LIVESTOCK INSTITUTE OF TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT (LITD) has drawn in the vast experience and expertise of a number of professionals cutting across various subsectors in the Livestock sector and has constituted a number of working groups and national councils to represent the interests of various stakeholders. It has also incorporated several state specific working groups. Welfare of the Indian Livestock farmer in terms of making Livestock farming remunerative, optimizing farmer incomes, strengthening farmers connect to easy credit, technology, trade, market and industry including through policy advocacy on all farm related issues constitute one of the core concerns of LIVESTOCK INSTITUTE OF TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT (LITD). The redressal of perpetual agrarian distress would require proactive, progressive, democratic and peaceful mobilization of Livestock farmers for assertion of their genuine concerns and issues to all the concerned.
The Centre’s mandate is to work on emerging models of collectives and contemporary challenges of the Livestock sector through research, consultancy, extension, outreach and policy analysis.
LITD is committed towards reaching out to all parts of the rural society, especially the Livestock farming community. LITD also participates actively towards improving the quality of life of rural masses by addressing technical, economic policy issues related to the development of animal husbandry and rural society.
LITD is engaged in a variety of activities in Veterinary Science research , Animal husbandry and rural development with maintaining a national presence. The organization focuses on information dissemination, training, capacity-building and technology exposure by organizing Livestock business seminars, technical conferences, farmers’ workshops, Livestock trade fairs, conducting surveys & studies, and adopting villages for their sustainable development. LITD monitors trends in Animal Husbandry and agribusinesses and advises Central and State Governments, NGOs and various bodies on appropriate policies and actions for the development of animal husbandry , agriculture and rural economy.
LITD has strong links with the Livestock farming and business communities, as well as policy makers & assure to become a voice to Livestock concerns before appropriate platform. LITD has to play a pioneering role in popularizing the concept of PPP, Government initiative on mass media support to animal husbandry, lowering of interest rates by organizing Parliamentarians conferences and working towards greater investments in animal husbandry sector. There has also been a long association of LITD with farmers throughout the country and with agencies and organizations involved with rural development.
LITD envisions a world where all people have access to enough food and livelihood options to fulfil their potential.
LITD ’s mission is to improve food and nutritional security and to reduce poverty in developing countries through research for efficient, safe and sustainable use of livestock—ensuring better lives through livestock.