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Livestock, which once contributed to the livelihood of farmers, is rapidly decreasing and in the last 25 years, livestock in Konkan has decreased by almost 6 lakhs. Due to this incident, other effects of livestock are also felt severely. As there are no cattle, the villages are being filled with grass. Earlier they used to graze the grass and clean it. Now the overgrown grass is burning. It is threatening mango-cashew, horticulture. When there were cattle, their dung was used as manure. He lived on the land. Now dung has been replaced by chemical fertilizers. Apart from this, milk supply has almost stopped due to lack of cattle. It's different. Overall reduced livestock has been detrimental to farmers.
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