UJJVAL SARCAR (DASGUPTA) Trustee & Managing Director

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1 UJJVAL SARCAR (DASGUPTA) Trustee & Managing Director

2 Strengthening Pro poor Small livestock based Livelihoods : Innovations & Experiments with 80 partners in 20 Indian States Nurturing Lives & Livelihoods A resource organisation committed to pro poor small livestock based livelihoods development

3 Presentation outline About The Goat Trust ( Why we work on small livestock Problems of small livestock farmer Solutions we have tested on scale and multicultural context What value we can propose together common missions

4 One dot goats Goat Based Livelihoods : National Perspectives Goat and Livelihood गर ब क ग य Poor man s cow गर ब क ATM (एन ट इम मन ) चऱत फ रत सऱ Walking Crops चऱत फ रत फ र ज -Moving refrigerator ख र पर ब क Bank on hooves गर ब क ब म Poor Man s insurance कजज न शक Debt Repayer गर ब क श द ध स न च द

5 बकर प ऱक 15 र ज य म

6 GOAT BREED SPREAD

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8 Small Livestock and Livelihood relations Social caste In India Who rearer s what? Economic status Schedule caste & Tribe OBCs Cross bred cows, High yield buffaloes Cross bred cows, High yield buffaloes M A I N S T R E A M Cows, Buffaloes, Goats Cows & Buffaloes, Sheep Goats, backyard Poultry, Pig Sheep, Goats, Backyard Poultry General Cross bred cows, High yield buffaloes F O C U S Cows & Buffaloes Indigenous cows, Goats

9 Our essential shifts from existing approaches Facilitating community led support system development NOT DISTRIBUTING GOAT AS ASSETS FIRST Focus on REPLACEMENT OF LOW QUALITY GOATS with productive goats Facilitate PRA BASED PROBLEM ANALYSIS (Feed, disease/kidding / Mortality seasonality) before making Goat rearers Group (GRG) Starting from what fits livelihood basket NOT IMPOSING A UNIT SIZE Role of women in non traditional area of animal health management (LIVESTOCK NURSE CONCEPT) COMMUNITY BASED LIVESTOCK INSURANCE (MUTUAL s) to demystify insurance process and create accountability VALUE ADDITION TO GOAT MANURE by processing, packaging and branding it TRANSPARENCY IN MARKET VALUATION (Live body weight pricing mechanism) & Information Exchange platform building (Livestock Net Exchange) web based marketing through E-Commerce

10 Small livestock is a business so needs business services The Goat Trust and its associated companies work on four dimensions of Goat farming Pro poor Technology Financial services Leasing, Livestock credit card (LCC) Marketing of live goats, Goat milk products and dung as packaged manures Small Livestock business Technology & tech services Financial services Marketing services Institutional services Breed Feed Health Housing & sanitation Insurance Asset creation through Lease/loan Transparent fair pricing Economy of scale

11 Institutional Structure model Goat Producers Company Goat Rearer s Federation at cluster level (10 to15 Villages 500 Goat farmers) Goat Rearers Group (15 to 30 goat rearers) out of SHGs at village level

12 Major change in approach If risk is reduced /managed, Livestock farming can be a choice of rural women as income generation activity, Integrate service with Insurance (Reduce risk, Manage risk and Transfer risk (Insurance) Women are saviours of Small livestock, Women farmers needs to be capacitated with Technology, Finance and Marketing skills and access to transform small livestock sector Farmer need livestock business services not only livestock health services Feed, Breed, medicine, tools, finance and market in integrated manner and not just health /treatment focused approach First First Symptom, Prevention is the key, Right management reduces risk, Cost of transport is critical for first aid, Train a women Train a family,

13 Our model for improved practices extension & first aid services small ruminants Livestock Business Counsellors+ Veterinary Hospital - (At 10 CLMs/60 to 100 villages) Community Livestock Manager (At Cluster level) on 10 Pashu Sakhies Community Livestock Manager (At Cluster level) on 10 Pashu Sakhies Village level Village level Village level Village level Livestock Nurse (Pashu Sakhi) Livestock Nurse (Pashu Sakhi) Livestock Nurse (Pashu Sakhi) Livestock Nurse (Pashu Sakhi)

14 Over 6000 now reaching 3 Lakh families everyday

15 Community Livestock Manager Graduating after 2 months course Year

16 Sustainability Framework of Pashu Sakhi Compulsory services First aid and village camps Goat Kids nursery Livestock Input services Shop (Goat Feed, Pashu chat, Masala bolus, Herbal medicine) Live body weight based goat marketing Goat Milk products production & sale Goat Milk Soap, Kulfi, icecream Goat dung organic manure production and sale Rearing of dairy goats Backyard poultry farming Credit cum Insurance facilitation

17 Major problems and solutions tested out 32 cluster 7 states survey (310 sample villages) Problems (effect) Cause Solutions tested out High mortality/ morbidity Genetic degradation/ Low quality of goats Feed scarcity and seasonal stress Low share of producers in consumer level meat price estimation and growth Financial and non financial constraints to adopt improved practices, Less accessibility to first aid services and Knowledge Least focus on Improved buck breeding in goats Low awareness on alternative feed and non existence of fodder cultivation & preservation Absence of transparent system of price estimation of goats. Skewed information exchanges Village based trained women (called Pashu Sakhi) to enhance best practices /knowledge, provide first aid services and regular training & monitoring, Community Insurance Awareness and creation of paid service providers, Selective kids nursery PRA based analysis of feed seasonality, kidding seasonality and disease analysis and develop a short and long term plan Live body weight based price estimation mechanism, developing web based e- commerce marketing system (

18 LIVESTOCK SERVICES : STATUS & ISSUES FOR PRO POOR APPROACH Existing Approach Pro Poor Approach 1. Center based approach 1. Door step livestock health services 2. Focus on treatment 2. Focus on Prevention & Cause 3. Focus on supply of input (Limited) 3. Awareness to generate demand match with supply of services and inputs 4. Referral services without ground awareness 5. High focus on milk centric and large ruminants 4. Treatment on first symptom- First Aid Treatment 5. Focus on poor people s livestock asset 6. High cost of Service and low reach 6. Low cost of Service and high reach 7. Focus on solution of disease 7. Build knowledge on cause to avoid repeated problems 8. Least participation of community in service provider selection 8. Community led selection and monitoring of service provider

19 Result framework Benchmark Output Activities 1. Annual Income enhancement of X goat farmers by Rs (Gross by 5 quality goats) 2. Reduced drudgery and enhanced life quality 3. Women friendly goat business services establishment A. Mortality of goat reduction from X % to less than10% B. Birth weight enhancement by 40% C. Kidding interval reduction from X months to less than 10 months D. Age at first kidding from X to 10 months E. sales price change per kg live body weight (10% increment) F. Milk prod enhancement 20% A. Stabilization and reduction in number/replacement B. Limited open grazing A. Awareness of women on market valuation B. Institutional involvement 1. CLM and Pashu Sakhi Services 2. Community training 3. Improved buck induction 4. Quality doe induction/ replacement 5. Participatory monitoring & incentives 1. Financial services for quality goats and management 2. Appropriate production system development 1. Live body weight basis pricing 2. Women led Institution building

20 Over 500 Successful A.I in goats 62% success in field A.I in Goats

21 Pashu Sakhi led A.I : Maharshtra experiences of local breed up gradation in Gondia

22 Goat Milk Product Innovation VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS Kulfi Ice cream Kheer Dahi Goat Milk Soap Paneer Cheese Hand wash

23 Goat milk Value chain: Goat Milk The Goat Trust

24 Proposition Transforming Vet hospital as Community Livestock Business center Why Small livestock farmers are in need of integrated business services rather than only health services and they can pay for such services It can promote Public- Private partnership How Establishing a Livestock Business counseling cell at each Veterinary hospital run by a trained business counselor Establish Input (Feed/medicine/tools) supply linkages as Private public partnership Training Lead farmers as Livestock Business service provider (Livestock Nurse/Pashu Sakhies) Single window services for finance/marketing/ Technology/Counseling and facilitation (Awareness and formalities) of Government programs

25 Grass roots

26 Thank You.. Queries and clarifications - the journey begins from here

27 Thanks Woods dense, dark and deep.. Miles to go Before We Sleep Reach us At UJJVAL /63 SAURABH