RIR bird supplied by Govt to women, benefitted 5 lakh house holds.

Main Features

• Aims at self sustaining livelihood enhancement.
• Showcases positive impact on household nutrition.
• Women through SHGs are the beneficiaries.

Learnings

• Selection and training of beneficiaries and availability of scavenging area is crucial.
• The choice of bird needs be reviewed.
• Day old Chicks at subsidized rates without any accountability makes beneficiaries careless.
• Pranibandhus need reorientation towards treating/ caring for poultry.
• Rani Khet Disease outbreaks despite vaccination - cold chain break down and need for thermo-stable vaccines.