Strengthening Allied Sector and Market Access

• Allied sectors = livestock, dairy, poultry, fisheries — non-crop components of agriculture GVA, increasingly central to rural income diversification.
• Sector has grown at 3–5% CAGR over the last decade; projected to triple by 2047.
• Examinable for GS-III (Agriculture, Animal husbandry, Economy) — schemes (PMMSY, RGM, NLM, AHIDF, NPDD), GVA shares, and market-access architecture (e-NAM, FPOs, exports).