IBTADA is a registered NGO working with the mission to capacitate communities especially women to play an influential role to reduce social and economic poverty and equality. IBTADA had implemented a SGP project titled ?Animal husbandry as a sustainable livelihood for rural women, leading ecological conservation?. The project was started in 5 villages in Alwar district and later spread to 18 villages. 34 bio-gas plants were constructed under the project. IBTADA is now expanding the project to 30 villages and the overall goal of the project is to strengthen the community institutions in biodiversity conservation and environmentally sound sustainable livelihoods through land management and animal husbandry. The specific objectives of the project are:
? Conserving bio-diversity through energy conservation
? Conserving forests and reducing the fuel wood pressure by promoting biogas as means of cooking energy
? Strengthen the institutions of rural women for conserving environment and bio-diversity and improve their livelihood sources
? Build the capacity of community, especially women, to enhance their income from animal and land resources
? Establishing mechanisms for better cattle health care and productivity
? Enhance Institutional credit arrangements for the community for purchase of quality animals.
? Create local skills of animal care by training para vets
? Facilitating institutional linkages with government service providers/machinery