Effects of flood on livestock and challenges faced by livestock farmers in South India

India is the second most flood-affected country after Bangladesh. Keeping the above in view, the present study entitled 'A critical study on effect of flood on livestock production in northern districts of Karnataka' was taken up. The study was conducted purposively in the Belagavi and Kalaburgi divisions of Karnataka, a state in southern India. The data collection was done by the personal interview method with pretested schedule in two divisions of north Karnataka with 160 respondents each making a total of 320 respondents. The majority of the farmers did not build any new animal houses or flood water as the source of drinking water. The majority of livestock farmers expressed favourable opinions regarding the flood warning system. The first and foremost challenge faced by livestock farmers was fodder storage and shortage. These findings help the policy-makers to develop area-specific mitigation and rehabilitation measures for the better management of livestock.