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Goat value chain development for empowering rural women in India

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Title Goat value chain development for empowering rural women in India
 
Creator HEGDE, NARAYAN G
DEO, AVINASH D
 
Subject Black Bengal goats, Goat keepers’ groups, Goat value chain, Rural women empowerment, Sirohi goats
 
Description Small land holdings, low agricultural productivity and lack of employment opportunities, have compelled over 25% of the rural population in India, to live in poverty and livestock is a major source of their livelihood. In rural India, 33.014 million households keep goats; 70% of the 135.17 million goats are maintained by the poor for milk, meat, manure and emergency cash reserve. However, they have not been able to realise the potential of goat husbandry due to lack of veterinary services, financial support and market linkage. The only existing scheme of the Government of India during the XI Five Year Plan (2007–12), spent only 10% of the budget, due to poor interaction with goat keepers. In the absence of good extension network, new technologies could not be transferred to farmers.
 
Publisher Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture
 
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Date 2015-09-11
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/51666
 
Source The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences; Vol 85, No 9 (2015)
0367-8318
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/51666/21846
 
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