ANTHRA aims to work for sustainable livestock
production within the larger framework of building people's
food sovereignty and livelihood security. We actively
protect, strengthen and work towards keeping indigenous
knowledge and the diversity of cultures alive. The focus
is on farming and production systems, crops and fodder
varieties, livestock and plant genetic resources, medicinal
plants and health care traditions, and land and water
use.
ANTHRA works mainly with marginalized communities--Dalits,
adivasis, pastoralists, landless groups, small and marginal
farmers, and, especially, women from these communities.
We actively support and promote viable and sustainable
community-based, livelihood-enriching alternatives for
these communities. Presently, ANTHRA works with such
communities in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra,
Chhattisgarh and Karnataka.
ANTHRA supports viable, community-based livelihood-enriching
interventions rather than mainstream, dominant development
paradigms. We counter and question policies and programmes,
which harm or displace the poor from their livelihoods
and violate their basic human rights.
ANTHRA utilizes professional knowledge
to:
initiate debate among fellow professionals, animal
scientists and development agencies in order to
better understand and conceptualize ideas such
as ecological sustainability
facilitate greater interaction and integration
across disciplines like animal science, ecology,
agriculture, anthropology and economics.
