GOOD PRACTICES / CASE STUDIES
Management of Rangelands Through Controlled Shrub Burning
This potential Good Practice Note details the results of a study undertaken by the Department of Livestock in Paro Dzongkhag (district), Bhutan, wherein trials were conducted of controlled burning of shrubs in the alpine areas of Soe Yaksa, to assess the effect on regeneration of grasses, forbs, broadleaf and edible shrub species.
[Rangelands]
[Common Property Resources – Smallholder Livestock Rearing]
[Bhutan]
[Feed and Fodder]
Building Fodder Security in Rural Areas: Validation of Traditional Knowledge on Fodder and its Reintegration into Livelihoods
This note highlights the importance of engaging members of the community in documenting the wealth of traditional knowledge regarding feed and fodder systems across different agro-ecological regions.
[Traditional Knowledge]
[Livelihoods]
[Andhra Pradesh]
[Common Property Resources – Smallholder Livestock Rearing]
[Maharashtra]
[Feed and Fodder]
[ANTHRA]
Willow Silage: An Alternative to Winter Fodder
This Potential Good Practice Note documents the practice of growing willow and ensiling willow twigs and leaves as an alternative winder fodder in the mountainous regions of Bhutan. The technique of silage making is simple, affordable, replicable and user friendly.
[Common Property Resources – Smallholder Livestock Rearing]
[Willow Silage]
[Bhutan]
[Winter Fodder]
Reviving the Indigenous Poultry Breed, Kadaknath - Enhancing livelihoods of tribals through niche market opportunities
This potential Good Practice note describes a government initiative to introduce and promote the rearing of the Kadaknath poultry breed, an indigenous breed of Western Madhya Pradesh.
[Small Holder Poultry]
[Kadaknath]
Backyard Poultry Farming Through Self-Help Groups in West Bengal - Towards Good Livestock Policies
The note documents one of the Family-based Poultry Distribution Schemes of the Government of West Bengal under which poultry birds are distributed to poor rural households throughout the State.
[Small Holder Poultry]
[Rhode Island Red (RIR)]
Community Ownership and Institutional Mechanisms to Develop CPRs' and Enhance Livelihoods - The Kavalas Way, Rajasthan, India
This Good Practice note documents the community led development of common lands in the Bhilwara district of Rajasthan, and how representative institutional systems and equitable norms for benefit distribution considerably enhanced the livelihoods of livestock keepers particularly the poor, landless and families below the poverty line.
[BAIF]
[Common Property Resources – Smallholder Livestock Rearing]
[Kavalas]
[Rajasthan]
Securing Community Tenure over Common Lands
The note documents how Tree Grower Cooperative Societies secure community tenure over common lands; build social capital through multi-stakeholder village institutions reflecting a successful community based natural resource management effort.
[Common Property Resources – Smallholder Livestock Rearing]
[FES]
[Madhya Pradesh]
Innovations in Common Land Development - Strengthening Institutional and Physical Spaces for Poor Livestock-keepers
The note documents how initiatives related to building and strengthening community dialogue processes, creating awareness, identifying local solutions and building technical acumen can facilitate community ownership and equity in common property resource management.
[Common Property Resources – Smallholder Livestock Rearing]
[FES]
[BAIF]
[Rajasthan]
Linking Business with Pro-Poor Development - a Backyard Poultry Value Chain Increases Assets, Income and Nutrition
This Good Practice note showcases a successful private sector - community partnership where vulnerable families in West Bengal have been linked with a rural poultry value chain that delivers three week old chicks to rearer's doorsteps.
[Kuroiler]
[Small Holder Poultry]
[West Bengal]
Unpacking the 'Poor Productivity' Myth - Women Resurrecting Poultry Biodiversity and Livelihoods in Andhra Pradesh, India
This Good Practice Note presents an argument for the promotion of indigenous backyard poultry. The note reviews a case study documenting an in-situ poultry biodiversity conservation and livelihood generation intervention by 1800 rural women in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh.
[Andhra Pradesh]
[Small Holder Poultry]
[Aseel]
[ANTHRA]
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