Project Objectives:
1. To reduce animal mortality and morbidity by establishing as accessible and affordable animal health care system.
2. Reducing grazing on forest lands by livestock by promoting fodder cultivation and fodder trees.
3. To improve nutritional status of households by improved access to diverse protein sources.
4. To promote and strengthen a poultry production system based on local, indigenous varieties.
Project Activities:
1. Promotion of dual purpose crops will produce extra biomass of their livestock- Jowar, Bajra, millets etc. will 200 households.
2. Promotion of backyard Napier grass to ensure continuous availability of green fodder.
3. Multi purpose fodder plantation like drumstick, mulberry, anjan, saajad, as well as fruit trees like mango, lemon, jackfruit will be planted i.e. 20-25 trees for each interest, planted along the border of the field as well as on the barren land.
4. Azola, a special algae will provide low cost option to feed deshi poultry and for stall feeding of goats.
Project Outcome:
1. Ensuring green fodder availability for atleast 10 months annually to 500 households in the project villages.
2. Reduction in forest grazing 1 sq km of forests used annually for grazing of 29 animals.
3. 50 functional biogas units over 3 years in the project villages.
4. 400 households in the project area to have affordable access to vaccinated local chicks to keep their backyard poultry.