Utilization of Slaughterhouse Waste Blood

SETU, an NGO based in Deonar, Mumbai has piloted an intervention for use of by-products in the small ruminant value chain. SETU manufactures blood meal from blood, an important by-product of the slaughter process, collected at the slaughterhouse. With permission from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), this pilot intervention is financially and technically supported by the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and veterinary science colleges respectively. The intervention included providing training to ten youth and to livestock owners, and has contributed to providing a source of income and at the same demonstrating use of a by-product which was previously wasted in the slaughtering process.