Objective To present to the international gathering of specialists comprehensive information about the constraints under which the small farmer livestock production goes on and how India managed and managing to improve the same via policy, programmes and practices. Hopefully, friends in sister developing countries will find this work useful.

Dr. N.S.R. Sastry, Retired Professor, LPM, Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana and now a Freelance Consultant in Livestock Development. He is the Chief Patron of the International Conference and Editor-in-Chief of ISAPM/IJAPM. He is the author of the text book, ‘Livestock Production Management’, now in its 40 th year with 5 editions and 8 reprints.He is author of the text book, Livestock Production Management, now in its 40th year with 5 editions and reprints.