ANTHRA is an organization of women
veterinary scientists working primarily on issues
of livestock development in the wider context of
sustainable natural resource use. It is a non-profit
organization registered under the Societies Registration
and Public Trust Act of Bombay, 1860.
Working mainly, with small and marginal farmers-dalits,
adivasis, pastoralists, landless groups and especially
with women from these marginalized communities, ANTHRA
has a team comprising of experts from the field of
veterinary sciences, sociology, medicine, environmental
sciences and communication.
ANTHRA’s focus areas are, livestock production
and farming systems, crops and fodder varieties,
livestock and plant genetic resources, medicinal
plants and health care traditions, land and water
use and the protection of indigenous knowledge related
to these.
ANTHRA has two operating offices in Hyderabad and
Pune.
