Pantnagar Journal of Research

Abstract

Livestock plays a major role in global food systems as the main source of animal protein (milk, meat and eggs) and contributes to the livelihoods and nourishment of millions people in low and middle income countries. The study examined the status, growth and instability of production and consumption of milk in different countries of Central Asia region from 2000 to 2017. Descriptive statistics like average, percentage, etc.; estimation of compound annual growth rates (CAGR) in production and consumption of milk, and Cuddy - Della Valle indices are constructed in the study. In Central Asia region, milk production increased at CAGR of 1.79 per cent in Kazakhstan to 6.79 per cent in Uzbekistan while, total consumption of milk grew with the CAGR between 1.81per cent to 6.79 per cent. All the countries in the region registered positive growth rate in the region for both production and consumption. All the countries of Central Asia region remained with low instability in both milk production and consumption during the study period.