The present study was designed to measure the role of livestock in poverty reduction in the rural areas of the
Punjab province. For present study, district Toba Tek Singh was selected due to its central location in the Punjab
Province and a sample of 600 small farmers was taken from three Tehsils of the district. A majority (58.0%) of the
farmers of the sample area reported that livestock was their first choice to augment their income while 27 percent
and 11 percent of the farmers put livestock at a second or third place respectively. In other words a very huge
majority (96.0%) of the farmers recognized the role of livestock in poverty reduction. The results depicted that
crops & livestock combination was the main source of respondent’s income and sharing about 69 percent of total
income. As the women’s involvement in various livestock related activities increased, the proportion of income
from this source also increased and subsequently poverty reduced. The poor and non-poor farmers comparison
showed that the reduction in poverty among the small farmers was significantly related to the livestock keeping in
conjunction with crop growing
Arshad Hussain Hashmi, Ashfaq Ahmad Maann, Kanwal Asghar, Muhammad Riaz. (2007) Gender Roles In Livestock Management And Their Implication For Poverty Reduction In Rural Toba Tek Singh, Punjab– Pakistan , , Volume-44, Issue-4.
