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Promotion of dairy husbandry through upgradation of low productive non-descript cattle was given priority as most of the villagers owned a few cattle and the programme ensured techno-economic viability and prosperity for small farmers. Cattle development which was already initiated by the Government of India in early 50's was not popular due to lack of awareness and poor technical skills . BAIF demonstrated the feasibility of producing high yielding cows by breeding uneconomic nondescript cattle with exotic dairy breeds while conserving the elite native breeds. Unemployed local youth were trained to undertake livestock breeding, pregnancy diagnosis, disease prevention vaccinations, primary health care, forage production, feeding and other technical aspects of livestock development in rural areas, assigning 12-15 villages for each Para Vet.
This programme has enabled poor farmers to regain their confidence and produce good quality cattle. Door to door service has helped them to avail of timely services and to develop confidence in technology adoption. This programme has also conserved community pastures and forests and promoted organic farming, women empowerment and nutritional security through easy supply of milk and enhanced agricultural production. |
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| Various Best Practices have been evolved for improving the productivity. |
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