The First Five Year Plan (1955-60) document mentions a number of problems facing the livestock sector. 3 Livestock herds had been depleted when evacuees took livestock heads with them while the incoming refugees slaughtered livestock to meet their food needs. The imbalance between supply and demand worsened further because the proportion of meat eaters in the population increased. 4 The requirements for draft power in agriculture placed further demands on the meager livestock population. The livestock breeding farms were producing inadequate numbers of superior breed bulls for distribution. At the same time, there were inadequate feed resources available within the country. Animals.
