Livestock rearing is central to the livelihoods and survival of a huge number of people across agrarian rural India . Women play a key role in local livestock production activities .
Livestock rearing assumes even greater importance for small and marginal farmers as they cannot afford to modernise their agriculture . Improved seeds , mechanisation ,chemical fertilisers and external markets have been the traps which many unsuspecting small farmers in the country have fallen prey to paying a bitter price .
For most of these farmers ecological agricultural practices including local seeds , sturdy native animals which do not guzzle fodder and water but provide valuable farm yard manure and draft animal power , mixed agriculture which caters to different needs food , fodder and energy, suitable preventive and curative health practices which can also make use of locally available resources and medicinal plants are the programmes which make sense. It is to this group , especially the women from this group that ANTHRA reaches out to with different programmes

Ecological Agriculture And Livestock Rearing

Region: Pune and Ratnagiri districts

Team: Mr Nana Marne, Mr Nathu, Mr Rajan, Ms Smita, Mr Jagannath, Mr Bhaji Rao, Mr Anil , Mr Bhim Rao

Summary of Activities
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Small and Marginal Farmers