Gramin Mahila Vikas Sansthan

This project is under way in 10 villages of three gram panchayats – Sobadi, Bubakia and Lamgara – in Bhinay panchayat samiti of Ajmer district. The participating target group in the project includes members of self-help groups.

Objectives

• To practise change in goat rearing like feeding fodder, carrying out delivery and health care
• To bring about qualitative and quantitative change in goat milk
• To promote goat rearing so as to establish income generation activities
• To control resources of goat rearing and income
• To improve status of women and their families and ensure their food security
• To reduce goat death rate by 50 per cent
• To make male goat available for improving race
• To increase productivity of goats

Strategy

• Village survey
• Constitution of goat rearers’ groups
• Community training
• Selection of pashu sakhi in each village to make first aid available
• Group insurance
• Provision of male goat

Activities

• Training of project workers
• Selection and training of pashu sakhi
• Baseline survey
• Provision of male goats
• Loans for purchasing goats
• Formation of goat rearers’ groups
• Deworming
• Vaccination

Achievements

• 300 families got another mean of livelihood as a result of which their socio-economic status improved
• Selection of 10 pashu sakhis, one each in each project village
• Formation of goat rearers’ groups
• Establishment of goat rearing school
• Regular immunisation led to improvement in goats’ health and milk yield
• Improvement in quality of goats
• Increase in number of goats

Funder

Jamshed Ji Tata Trust, Mumbai, with technical support The Goat Trust, Lucknow, and Ibtida, Alwar

Glimpses