Initiative:
Better animal health services in rural areas
Beneficiaries:
Cattle owners in 15 hamlets of Madurai district, Tamil Nadu
The Challenge:
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Disenchantment among farmers who had to travel over 5 kilometres for
vaccination and treatment of cattle
- Migration due to overall dissatisfaction with dairy farming
The Solution:
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NABARD provided RIDF assistance for construction of a veterinary dispensary
in Panaiyur
- Dispensary also enabled the provision of fodder seeds
- Capacity-building support in dairy management was extended to farmers
The Impact:
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Besides vaccinations, over 100 artificial inseminations and 800 treatments
are performed in the clinic every month
- Increase in livestock population by over 30 percent within two years
- Tangible improvement in incomes