Gramin Mahila Vikas Sansthan

This project is underway in five villages of Bubkia and Lamgara gram panchayats of Bhinay panchayat Samiti of Ajmer district. One hundred goat rearers are participating in the two projects, each covering 50 goat rearers.

Objectives

• To bring about decrease in goat death rate
• To reduce risk in goat rearing
• To increase income of goat rearers

Strategy

• Making goats available to project beneficiaries
• Getting regular deworming to goats
• Forming goat rearers’ groups
• Holding monthly meetings with goat rearers
• Improving goat rearing management
• Insuring goats
• Carrying out innovation in management system
• Giving balanced diet
• Making available green fodder

Activities

• Meetings with goat rearers
• Goat distribution
• Deworming camps
• Immunisation camp
• Capacity building of goat rearers
• Giving balanced food
• Giving green fodder
• Construction of goat sheds

Achievements

• Goats of Sirohi breed have been made available
• Improvement in livelihood of goat rearers
• Increase in income of goat rearers
• Adoption of immunisation cycle
• Decrease in death rate of goats
• Development of understanding among people regarding the project
• Development of understanding of goat rearers about sheds for goats

Funded By: The Hans Foundation

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