I point to a specific goldmine which lies burried deep. There is a publication by ILRI: "Mapping Poverty and Livestock in the Developing World" by Thornton et al. (2003) The authors have put in lots of time and resources in comming out with this excellent publication containing very relevent information. They would have compiled district wise/ state wise data of India (and the other developing countries) and come out with classifying India under different production systems. The background data collected for this publication is of tremendous importance for us, because: 1) collecting and colating the information is a herculean task 2) finding resources for making an attempt to collect these information is difficult but, had the data been available to us, it would have enabled to make plans at micro level at a fraction of cost. We still eagerly look to lay hand on those data set to make our task much easier. If the authors of the publication are listening, we may enter into some collaboration to use those data set gainfully. Dr. Anil Kumar Senior Scientist (Animal Production) Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute Jhansi-284 003 India E-mail : [email protected]