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SA PPLPP Field Initiatives Gain a Fillip After Visit from Joint Secretary and FAO Representative, India
31 July 2014, Madhya Pradesh, India - It was a moment of pride and joy for the Pashu Sakhis and Murgi Sakhis (community animal health care workers) to share their newly gained knowledge, skills, and learning experiences from services being provided by them to goat and backyard poultry rearers in SA PPLPP project clusters in Khargone and Jhabua districts respectively, with Mr Sanjay Bhoosreddy, Joint Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, Government of India and Dr. Peter Kenmore, FAO Representative, India and senior district and state officials of the concerned department and administrative divisions
[Sampark Samaj Sevi Sanstha]
[Khargone]
[AKRSP]
[Murgi Sakhi]
[Pashu Sakhi]
[Jhabua]
[Madhya Pradesh]
[Animal Health Workers]
National workshop on livestock keepers’ rights and SEVA Breed Saviour Awards ceremony held at NBAGR, Karnal
25 July 2014, Karnal, India - Sustainable – agriculture & Environment Voluntary Action (SEVA) in collaboration with the National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR), Honey Bee Network and National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), Government of India, convened the fifth Breed Saviour Awards (BSA) ceremony at NBAGR, Karnal on July 8, 2014.
[In-situ conservation]
[Breed Conservation]
[Smallholder Rearers]
[NBAGR]
[Livelihood]
[Breed Saviour Awards]
[SEVA]
Empowering Women for Backyard Poultry and Goat Based Livelihood Improvement
23 July 2014, Delhi, India - Ramilabehen, Surtibai, Tulshibai and thirty other women from 20 villages in two project clusters of SA PPLPP are undergoing an unexpected transformation, as they get groomed to be the champions of preventive and primary health care for backyard poultry and goats in their respective villages
[Sampark Samaj Sevi Sanstha]
[Khargone]
[Small Ruminants]
[AKRSP]
[Small Holder Poultry]
[Murgi Sakhi]
[Pashu Sakhi]
[Jhabua]
[Madhya Pradesh]
[Health Care Services]
Pashu Sakhi Meeting Convened in Pratapgarh Tehsil of Thanagazhi Block, Alwar
25 April 2014, Alwar, India - Twenty one Pashu Sakhis provide primary health care services to small and large ruminants in nearly 32 villages in the Pratapgarh Tehsil of Alwar district in Rajasthan. These services range from vaccination and de-worming to providing first aid and medication for diseases such as diarrhoea, common cold, fever, and bloated stomach.
[Alwar]
[Rajasthan]
[Small Ruminants]
[Pashu Sakhi]
[Ibtada]
[Health Care Services]
SEVA announces recipients of the Breed Saviour Awards, 2013
Madurai, India - SEVA (Sustainable Agriculture & Environment Voluntary Action) has announced a list of 21 awardees for the fifth round of the prestigious Breed Saviour Awards 2013.
Change through Unity and Collective Action - A report of the 6th Maha-adhiveshan of the Kandhamal Mahila Mandal, Balliguda, Kandhamal district, Odisha
Odisha, India - The Kandhamal Mahila Mandal (KMM), a federation of 587 Self Help Groups in the Balliguda subdivision of Kandhamal district convened its 6th Maha-adhiveshan(1) in Balliguda on 22nd April 2013. Over 6,000 women SHG members from the Balliguda, Nuagaon, Tumudibandh and Daringwadi blocks of the Balliguda subdivision participated in the event.
National Workshop on Community-led Conservation of Local Livestock Breeds, National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, 8-9 March, 2013
Karnal India - SEVA, Madurai in association with the National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR) and the LIFE Network convened a National Workshop on Community-led Conservation of Local Livestock Breeds followed by the Breed Saviour Awards Ceremony 2012, on 8th and 9th March 2013, at NBAGR, Karnal.
Regional Policy Forum on Asian Livestock – Challenges, Opportunities and the Response, Bangkok, Thailand, 16-17 August 2012
Bangkok, Thailand - The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in collaboration with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and other partners organized a two day regional policy forum in Bangkok, Thailand, to discuss and debate on issues concerning livestock production in the Asia-Pacific region.
Shamlat Abhiyan – Campaign for the Commons in Rajasthan
Rajasthan, India - Common pool resources or Commons play a critical role in maintaining the ecological balance, providing essential resources to sustain life and livelihoods, particularly of the poor, ensuring food security and meeting rural energy and fodder requirements. Over the years, there has been a steady decline both in the extent and in the quality of common lands, largely on account of changes in land use, a collapse of governance mechanisms, an absence of clear tenure and the allocation of these lands for other purposes.
Door step delivery of livestock health care services - the eVet project of the Madhya Pradesh Animal Husbandry Department
Madhya Pradesh, India - The Department of Animal Husbandry, Government of Madhya Pradesh, recently launched an eVet project, initially focused in selected villages in 15 blocks in the districts of Sehore and Betul. Approved by the agriculture cabinet, the initial pilot in the two selected districts is jointly funded by the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), a central government scheme to increase investment in agriculture, and the state plan budget.
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