The Goat Trust completed 7th year of its journey. Small livestock make profitable commitments to cul-tivating frameworks and to individuals livelihoods. They are of significant value to poorer householdsand should therefore be part of global poverty reduction strategies. It contributes to the livelihood ofthe poor in many ways – income from products, insurance against drought, emergency cash requirements,household nutrition, fuel for cooking, manure for crops, draught power for cultivating etc. This aware-ness should be translated into policies that support the development of integrated farming including

small livestock production systems suitable to cultural and social realities.

Technological & Innovative issues are important in small livestock manage-ment, but cannot be isolated from the social and ecological context in whichthe animal is being raised. By working firmly together with the local popu-lation and jointly analyzing a situation, major bottlenecks can be identifiedand common action can be taken to overcome them. This is a piece of astrengthening procedure whereby farmers obtain important information andorganize themselves to carry out necessary change. The foundation of farmerorganizations, cooperative networks or self-help groups may be necessary in

order to gain better access to outside services such as credit, animals, information and markets, or toimprove community collaboration to successfully implement joint endeavors .

The central role of livestock in natural resource based livelihood strategies, particularly that of poor fe-male and male in rainfed regions of India is all around recognized. Rainfed agriculture alone backings60% of the domesticated animals populace. In perspective of low efficiency and high instability in cropproduction, greater part of the general population in rainfed areas rely on livestock. Evidence showsthat smallholders get almost 50% of their income from livestock. The smallholders and landless togethercontrol more than 75% of nation's domesticated animals assets. Since the animals riches is generallythought among the negligible and little landholders in India, it is normal that any development in thedomesticated animals division would convey success to the little holders.But the patterns in the domes-ticated animals part gives an alternate picture altogether.The landless poor are turning out to be pro-gressively underestimated concerning small ruminants, pigs and poultry. There is an increasing exodusof the landless households out of livestock production, mainly because of reduced access to grazing re-sources, lack of access to non exploitative market and credit and other services. While the landless live-stock keepers are dropping out of the livestock sector, the livestock ownership of large landowners isgrowing at the fastest rate, offering approach to rise of commercial production frameworks in light ofhigh delivering livestock and outer inputs.

Sanjeev Kumar

(Monthly Magazine of ‘The Goat Trust’, Nurturing Lives & Livelihoods) september 2015, Year 1, Issue 2, Lucknow

The Nutritional Benefits of Goat Milk

Partnership between UMED & The Goat Trust

We shall over come..

Cape of good hope

Listen to livestock tradersLivestock technology

Bakari Bank-Banking on hooves and wings

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Goat milk is one of healthiestfoods/drinks out on the market today.With its creamy texture, high mineral andvitamin content, goat milk replaces manyof the supplements which people con-sume daily. Goat milk is better for mostpeople than cow milk simply because itis composed of smaller fat globules whichmakes it easier to digest. This speed of di-gestion releases more good bacteria andenzymes in the consumer’s body, betterenabling them to absorb and utilize thenutrients without discomfort, stomachache, or a variety of other typical milk al-lergy symptoms.

The goat was the first animal to bedomesticated by humankind. The globalgoat population currently stands at 921million, of which over 90% are found indeveloping countries. Asia is home toabout 60% of the total world goat popu-lation and has the largest goat breed shareof 26%. Goats play a vital socio-eco-nomic role in Asian agriculture, particu-larly for resource-poor people living inharsh environments. Non-cattle milk ac-counts for approximately 15% of the totalmilk consumption by humans worldwide.Asia contributes approximately 59% toworld goat milk production and Asia‟sdemand for animal products, fueled by in-creasing populations and growing dispos-able incomes, is increasing at a high rate. Despite their socio-economic importance,goat rearing has not attracted much atten-tion of development practitioners, sciencemanagers and researchers or policy mak-ers in Asia.

However, lately, due to the emerg-ing challenges of climate change and in-creasing pressure on natural resourcesand the high value of goat meat and milkacross a number of Asian countries, thepotential of goats with their high adapt-ability to a wide array of environmentalconditions and „low quality‟ feed re-sources is being increasingly appreciated.Goats use poor quality roughages withhigh cell wall and low protein contentsmore efficiently than other domesticatedanimals.

Goats form an important compo-nent of livestock industry and play a vitalrole in the socio-economic structure ofrural poor. India has the second highestgoat population in the world which isaround 120 million constituting about15% of World’s goat population only nextto China . There are twenty well definedbreeds of goats in India, although 70%population are non-descript and meattype. Some of the breeds such as Jamuna-puri, Barbari, Beetal, Surti, Jakhrana pro-duce fairly good amount of milk. Goatsin India produce around 2.76 milliontones of milk which is 22.28% of World’sproduction and 3% of total milk producedin the country. Among the Asian nations,South Asian countries including India,Bangladesh and Pakistan are the major

producers of goat milk, whereas, in Eu-rope the most developed dairy goat indus-try is present in France, Greece, Spainand Italy.The poor man’s cow- go at has tremen-dous potential to be projected as the ‘Fu-ture Animal’ for rural prosperity under thechanging agro-geo-climatic conditionsand depleting resources. There are over880 million goats around the world, outof which India has over 126 milliongoats(14.31%)of 23 defined and non-de-script breeds that are adapted efficientlyin different agro-climatic conditions allover the country. Goat husbandry in Indiais essentially an endeavor of millions ofsmall holders who rear animals on “CropResidues” and“Common Property Re-sources”. The small holders producemilk,meat, fiber, skin etc for the commu-nity with virtually no capital,resource andformal training. More of ten goats arereared for production of meat, but theyalso serve as ready source for milk tomeet the family requirement.

In India, considerable growth hasbeen recorded in production of go at meatand milk during the last decade. The goatmeat production has doubled(9.3% to18.3%) and goat milk production hasshown a growth rate of 31.53% during thelast decade.The country stands first ingoat milk production and is the secondlargest meat producer in the world shar-ing 26.31% goat milk and 10.41% goatmeat production.

Total goat milk production in Asiaas percentage of all milk is small and isabout 3.6% . Goat milk is characterisedby predominantly small milk fat globuleswidely referred to as homogenised goatmilk, less curd yield, and weaker curdfirmness which together aid digestion.The milk fat has significantly higher con-tents of short chain, medium chain andpolyunsaturated fatty acids than cow milkand its cheeses. The calcium supply of 1.7

g/litre meets the daily requirements. Goatmilk provides higher levels of 6 of the 10essential amino acids: threonine,isoleucine, lysine, cystine, tyrosine, andvaline compared to cow milk (Posati andOrr, 1976). Goat milk exceeds cow milkin monounsaturated, polyunsaturatedfatty acids and medium chain triglyc-erides all of which are well known to bebeneficial for human health, especiallyfor cardiovascular conditions.

The various contributions of criti-cal dietary nutrients are especially signif-icant for resource-poor farming familiesliving in the shadow of continuous sub-sistence and vulnerability. Most of themilk is marketed informally mainly in therural areas. In China for example, lessthan 5% of the goat milk is marketed(Luo, 2009), the remainder of which ispresumably used for household consump-tion. The multifunctional value of goatsowned by farmers and entrepreneurs isenlightening and is greatly enhanced byexhibitions and goat shows. Central tothis is the important role of goat societiesin serving development, maximisingtotal; milk production, and a positive re-sponse to meeting the national priorities. The question of whether dairy goats aremore efficient than buffaloes or cows isnot clear at the present time and is one ofconjecture.

The uniform requirement of feedfor maintenance implies that goats of thesame size but higher milk yield will bemore efficient because the maintenanceoverheads are spread over a greater vol-ume of production. In India, based on thecalories in milk as percentage of feed en-ergy, dairy goats (21–30%) and dairycows (25%) were found to have similarefficiency which was higher than that ofthe dairy buffaloes (Sundaresan, 1978). InGreat Britain, Spedding (1975) reportedthat in terms of milk yield per 100 kg ofdigestible organic matter, the dairy goatproducing 185 kg was more efficient thanthe lactating cow (162 kg) or sheep (36kg).

In low input systems in the ruralareas, dairy goats may well be particu-larly more efficient, using the availablefeeds to maximum advantage, includinghigh efficiency in the use of fibrous cropresidues to produce milk. Present knowl-edge on the efficiency of milk productionin goats is inadequate and merits muchmore research on the subject.

The Nutritional Benefits of Goat Milk View, Review and Overview 2

Milk Composition(Value in mg/100 ml)

Mineral Cow Buffalo Goat

Calcium 123 180 134

Magnesium 12 20 14

Phosphorus 95 95 111Sodium 56 45 50

Potassium 141 110 204

Sulfur 30 28 ----

Copper 0.13 0.21 ----

Iron & zink 0.45 &3

1.24 &4.6

0.05 &0.3

The Maharashtra State Rural LivelihoodsMission (UMED) has been launched inMaharashtra in July 2011 as a registeredorganization under the aegis of the Na-tional Rural Livelihoods Mission(NRLM) – Aajeevika - endeavors to im-pact rural poverty through a range ofcomprehensive and strategic livelihoodsinterventions in a time bound manner.The Mission aims at eradication of ruralpoverty by building sustainable institu-tions of poor and ultimately leading themto sustainable livelihoods.

The conceptualization and designof the MSRLM goes beyond income gen-eration activities and employment pro-grams to include capacity building,financial inclusion, social mobilizationand marketing services as equally impor-tant elements of livelihoods enhance-ment.

The mission envisions povertyelimination through social mobilization,institution building, financial inclusionand the creation of several models of

sustainable livelihoods so that each poorfamily is able to secure incremental an-nual income. The mission has brought aparadigm shift in the approach to rurallivelihoods and rural poverty eradicationin that it engages directly with institutionsof poor and empowers them to find last-ing solutions to poverty. It sees the pooras the engines of growth rather than merereceivers of aid or being dependent on‘trickle down’.

A number of initiatives like Sys-tem of Rice Intensification, promotion ofsustainable goat rearing managementpractices; community managed sustain-able agriculture, promotion of Azolla as alivestock feed, etc. have been taken up byTeam Livelihoods, MSRLM.

Many areas of Maharashtra havea very high potential for Small ruminantsbased livelihoods since poultry and goatrearing is done in almost every ruralhousehold in Maharashtra. It provides fora home based alternate source of liveli-

hood and also acts as a cushion againstany financial shock since the animal canbe easily traded and provides for readilyavailable source of money. The analysisof Micro credit plans (MCP’s) as well asthe Livelihood scoping exercises con-ducted in villages of the pilot districtshave also indicated a high demand for go-tary by the rural households

The MSRLM livelihoodsteam hasbeen actively working with goat rearersand has also been instrumental in helpingthem out to avail various governmental

schemes and entry point activities likeGoat insurance, vaccination, de-worming,provision of veterinary medicines, con-ducting of workshops & trainings onmanagement practices for sustainable Go-tary in convergence with the State animalHusbandry & livestock Department.

These initiatives have brought outa positive response from the community.People are realizing the need for livestockinsurance and also timely treatment of thegoats.

Partnership between UMED &The Goat Trust-the journey so far.

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A joint initiative of MSRLM & Goat Trust

MSRLM is exploring new livelihoods opportunities & establishment of acommunity cadre in the selected rural areas through the training and imple-mentation of The Community Livestock Manager &Pashusakhi programwith the technical support from The Goat Trust, Lucknow.The CLM &Pashusakhi program envisions the development of a communitycadre which can provide timely round the clock services to the goat rearersto curtail any outbreak of disease, bring down animal mortality and also en-suring the adoption of sustainable goat rearing practices by them. This wouldlead to the better market price for the goats and in turn would enhance thelivelihoods of the poor people. The goat trust is playing a pivotal role in thedevelopment of the veterinary & goat rearing management skills of theCLM’s.The goat trust is providing the strategic and management support inTraining & capacity building of CLM’s and pashusakhi’sYavatmal,Wardha&Gondia designated as partnership districts as well as the trainingand capacity building of the teams from Osmanabad, Jalna, Sholapur, Gad-chiroli, Nandurbar, the Non-Partnership districts.As of now the Pashu Sakhi Refresher from the intensive and non intensivedistricts have just finished at Goat Trust Campus, Lucknow. UMED teamsought support from The Goat Trust in enhancing goat based livelihood forpoor small and marginal farmers. The Goat Trust has provided valuable sup-port in terms of building capacity of Pasu Sakhi –the rural women serviceproviders.

By Anirudh Sharma, NirajNakhate, UMED

Like every month this month TheGoat Trust was center of variousactivities from training, study tour,animal health camp, video show anddifferent activities of BakariBank.One of the main functions ofThe Goat Trust Centre is to providea platform to organize various activ-ities in livestock management, at theforefront of knowledge.

Under Bakari Bank varies ac-tivities were carried out. Health campwith help of community animalhealth center of the goat where de-worming and treatment was done. Inspecial refrence of training, August

was the center of Pashusakhi re-fresher. one Refresher programme ofPashusakhi of MSRLM(Gondia)wasorganized on 4th to 7th August.

The programme had stratedwith welcome to all participants onday 1 by The Goat Trust,registrationfamiliarization, micro lab, prayer etc.

After that participants shared the 8months field work experience withThe Goat Trust.What kind of re-sponse they get after getting the as-signment. 4 day Yavatmal PashuSakhi refresher Training Programmewas organized by MSRLM in asso-ciation with The Goat Trust from11th july to 14th August 2015. 4 dayWardha Pashu Sakhi refresher Train-ing Programme was organized byMSRLM in association with TheGoat Trust from 18th August to21stAugust 2015. Pashusakhi of Ya-vatmal and Nandurbaar had partici-

pated in next refresher training pro-gramme.Programme was organized

by MSRLM in association with TheGoat Trust from 25th August to 28thAugust 2015.

Bundelkhand partners orienta-tion workshop Programme was or-ganized by SDTT in association withThe Goat Trust. TGT called upon allstakeholders to work in unison toachieve excellence in livestock man-agement and devise service in part-nership with the citizen. Livestocksector plays a significant role in therural economy of India. Livestockrepresents the only way in which thenatural vegetation that covers largeparts of India can be converted in toproducts that can be used by man. Itprovides drought power and manureto the crop enterprise and this in turnprovides feed and fodder. FortunatelyIndia is blessed with a tremendouslivestock wealth.

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We shall over come...

Goat farming is fascinating. The onlything is that it requires continuous hard-work and devotion without any distrac-tion” says Ashish Prakash Bhagat, TheGoat Trust community livestock man-ager. If one thought, there is nothingmore that this man could handle, hewould proudly show the sprawling threeacres of fodder farming area. Accordingto him, all the fodder for the cattle iscompletely organic and cultivated at thefarm itself. The price rise in fodder hasaffected many farmers.

Ashish is from Ghatanji Talukaof yavatmal District. His village nameis Kumbhari. He has 3 brothers. His fa-ther is local contracter. All of them arenot more educated. Initially the farmwas started with only 7 goat. The tech-

nical know-how on scientific goat rear-ing was provided by the The Goat Trust.

The goats on this farm have beenmaintained under semi-intensive systemof management by the family member.Besides grazing, the animals were pro-vided supplementary concentrate feed-ing, mineral mixture, fodder, treeleaveslopping and guar straw.A goatgives birth to 1 or 2 kids every 6 monthsand it is possible to grow the herdquickly. Goats are sold anytime duringthe next 24 months and fetch between

INR 6,000 and INR 7,000 depending onthe weight and demand better prices areobtained during festivals. He grazes theherd at the nearby pastures. He is beingconsidered as a successful goat farmerin the adjoining area. He is contributingvery much in her community.At presenthe has 41 female goat, 6 breeding buckand 10 goat kids.Every month, they re-ceive about 3 messages from The GoatTrust on their mobile phones about sci-entific methods of goat rearing whichthey say, have helped them improve theyield from their flock immensely.

Ashish's goat farming success story

Chhoti’s family consists of her husband,Uda kathat two sons in Bhimpura in theKota district. To support the family, Sheand her husband works in kota marblefactory but they were still not able tomake ends meet. Her home is on a smallplot of land and she lacks enough spacefor conducting agricultural activities.By working with her local communityorganization, Chhoti in Lukshmi goatfrming group to start a goat farmingbusiness and increase her family’s in-come. From her group with the SHGFund, she received 24,000 Rupees andinvested an additional 3,000 Rupees ofher own.She now has 6 goats and hasbecome a good farmer. From her busi-ness, she is able to cover house ex-penses, health needs, and educationcosts for her family as well as all the ex-penses of farming. Chhoti says that goatfarming is difficult and the farmer must

have an understanding of goat nutritionand care to ensure they stay healthy andthe business can thrive. She is hopingthat the community can further increaseits capacity through continuing to edu-cate farmers on taking care of their live-stock.Both of them are not soeducated.Chhoti and her husband workas farm hands, but work is not consis-tently available. So she and her husbandhave taken up goat rearing, which theyperceived to be more profitable as com-pared to farming or cattle rearing. Agoat gives birth to 1 or 2 kids every 6months and it is possible to grow theherd quickly. Goats are sold anytimeduring the next 24 months and fetch be-tween INR 5,000 and INR 6,000 de-pending on the weight and demandbetter prices are obtained during festi-vals. Now Chhoti and her husband ishappy.

A big tale of daily labourer ‘Chhoti’

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Goat lodging is essential in seriousarrangement of generation infact onemust guarantee legitimate solace ofcreatures to increase most extremebenefits. It ought to be shoulder atthe top of the priority list that goatsare living thing simply like peopleand their physiological prerequisitesare likewise like us for developmentand generation. Ventilation is of ut-most importance to maintain a desir-able interior temperature of 28 to30°C. If the animals cannot get rid ofheat because the surrounding tem-perature is too high (above 30°C),they eat less and therefore produceless. Majority of pneumonia casescan be traced to excessively warmand humid interior and suddenchanges in temperature. It is, there-fore, necessary to make the shed suf-ficiently high and make sure thereare openings for ventilation in theroof or walls. The principle point oflodging is to shield creatures fromunforgiving, uneven atmosphere andin addition natural anxiety. Physicalsurroundings of the creatures frame

their surroundings. It could be minia-turized scale environment whichpromptly encompasses the creatureor large scale environment which ismore extensive range in which crea-ture occupies. Likewise atmosphereis the one of a kind mix of differentmetrological segments which incor-porates temperature, dampness, pre-cipitation, winds and daylight.Fitting mix of every one of thesesegments is important to give re-quired solace to creatures. In thetime of changing atmosphere and pe-culiar example of precipitationbrought new maladies into the crea-ture's generation framework. Controllodging could be the answer forthese issues however its establish-ment is costly in current circum-stance. Less efficient study is beingdirected on goat lodging in India. Sothe essential thought is to conformdistinctive meteorological segmentsand acquire them the reach in whichgoats feel lovely and fine. For in-stance in month of January agricul-turist ought to give heat convector or

radiators inside the homesteads tobuild the temperature and organizecoolers in summers.: The floor couldeither be packed earth, concrete orslatted.Packed earth or concretefloors should have a slope of about5% (1:20) for good drainage. Raisedplatforms where goats can lie abovethe floor and away from manure andurine are also beneficial. These canbe placed along the longest wall ofthe barn.Slatted floor is good fromhygienic point of view and diseaseoccurrences are least in this case butits expensiveness limits its use forlarge farms. It could be used success-fully in breeding farms to maintainelite flocks.

Economic Goat House

In this issue The Goat Trust had theopportunity to visit this unique live-stock market, a fair, in the Ram LeelaSamiti, around 18 km from DistrictEtawah headquarters (UP).This roadleads to Agra via Ram leela Samiti.

This weekly village market isthe biggest social event for all thepeople in this region. The weeklymarket for this region is held here onWednesday, 7 am to 5 pm.

Number of neighbourhoodfarmers attend the livestock market.Owners of the market is Lal Shailen-dra Prasad and Raees (Bablu Bhai).The market has been functioningsince 1970. The total area of marketis 3 bigha. its very intresting thatSome of the people would have

walked for over two days to get to thelivestock fair. They stay on thegrounds for one straight day, hopingto get a fair deal for their prized live-stock.It’s a big open ground, at theend of the village market where theweekly livestock market is set up.Market is a suitable place for smalllivestock, goat, sheep and some oth-ers cattle.In rainy season, overallbuisness is low. There is no lack ofbasic facility in market. Total Area ofmarket is not satisfactory but the

problem of Waterlogging is low. It isso contradictory that females play animportant role in decision making re-garding sale of goats and incomegenerated through sale of goats, aswell as taking care of the animals butthe presence of females in market areless.Goats are transported bybikes/cycles from Goat farmers tostocking place or local haats. How-ever outside transport is achieved bysmall truck.

Listen to livestock traders-Jaswant Nagar Market

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Livestock is not affected much by climate changes or globalwarming and the sector has grown to become 25 per cent ofagriculture GDP and 5 per cent of the country’s GDP. It gen-erated output worth Rs 3405 billion while value of foodgrainswas lower at Rs 3156 billion and that of fruits and vegetablesat Rs 2088 billion. In 2009-10, livestock output was 2.5 timesthe value of paddy and more than three times the value ofwheat. For smallholder farmers, this has been a boon; 65 percent smallholder farmers report income from livestock andpercentage share of livestock in total income is around 15.5per cent. India’s agricultural policy has traditionally beendriven by crops, specifically foodgrains, with fisheries andanimal husbandry as peripheral or at best seen as useful forsmallholder farmers to diversify their risks. Rural poverty isless where farmers concentrate on livestock rather than oncrops. We have failed to capitalize on this potential as thelivestock sector receives only 12 per cent of public expendi-ture on the agriculture sector. Barely 5 per cent of farm house-holds can access quality technology or insurance facilities. Afurther 18 per cent potential is destroyed by diseases as vet-erinarian facilities are available to only 20 per cent of the sec-tor. Only 4 per cent of institutional credit is available for thelivestock sector as 70 per cent of livestock is owned by land-less and smallholder farmers who have little political clout.Our standards of productivity are 20-60 per cent lower thanglobal standards. Problem statement Like any other business, small ruminants farming also requirefinancial and non financial services for enhancement and sta-blisation of income. This has become of more importance inthe area where markets of goat products (meat & milk) areon rise and prices are remunerative. Goat farmers in such areaare changing from subsistence level to semi intensive pro-duction level responding to market demand. However limited opportunities for financial access and healthcare services linkage has been working as a great hindrancein such areas.Formal banking has not been able to reach such goat farmersowing to their remoteness, illiteracy and lack of suitablecredit and insurance product in mainstream financial services.Present micro finance growth has also served this sector atvery limited level due to weekly repayment regime, low cred-itability in typical assessment system, aversion of goat farm-ers to participate in regular meetings and low volume ofcredit accessible. Self Help Group (SHG) movement andcommunity banking has tried to serve this segment to an ex-tent but absence of business service linkages as well focusedcredit plan around this business has frequently underservedthe credit and investment need.Non existent of pro poor animal health and opportunity to ac-cess knowledge and skills on improved practices has kept thisbusiness in vicious cycle of low investment and low returnand have kept poor farmers away from leveraging informalhigh credit to invest in goat based livelihoods. Today wholevalue chain of small ruminant business is characterized bydomination of subsistence farming struggling with odds ofdiseases with fragility, and under clutches of informal, oftenexploitative players. Other visible problems are lack of trans-parency in price assessment at producer level, high informa-tion asymmetry leading to high cost of procurement of liveanimals and regulatory hurdles in animal transport makingway for bribes and backdoor systems. This calls for a profes-sional input in value chains and creating opportunities for en-

hanced financial and non financial resources to make busi-ness viable and minimise risk and drudgeries. It is envisagedthat a focussed effort will help in stablisation of herd size,culling of low productive animals and in turn act in reducingpressure on CPRs and enhance productivity and income ofgoat farmer.Small ruminants (Sheep & Goats) are increas-ingly used to augment cash income and enhance food secu-rity, thus serving as an important component in household’slivelihood strategies, particularly in dry land areas and poorfamilies.

Bakari Bank-Banking on hoovesand wings

The basic steps to establish such pilot banks will be • Identifying 10 to 15 villages in cluster having requisite

number of goat farmers and having willingness to participate in strengthening value chains of goat business.

• Feasibility assessment through making a household surveys of goat population, current problems and priority ranking and undertaking PRA and community consultations

• Identify and train Pashu sakhies and build their capacities• Strengthen existing Goat rearers SHGs or Goat rearers

group (GRGs) , formation and facilitation through village level support centers ( defined as regular meeting and financial and non financial service planning & monitoring center)

• Training and exposure of potential clients• Setting data collection system to grade goats, select

promising bucks and facilitate culling of inferior goats• Planning and facilitation of credit products and non

financial services• Undertaking local studies and facilitating information ex

change and marketing linkages

The non financial products to be provided by proposed banks are –

• Door step preventative and first aid health services through Pashu sakhies

• Information exchange on sale and purchase in operational area and in between banks

• Price estimation through periodic live body weight measurement

• Training on improved practices• Exposure for potential clients• Pro poor Technology demonstration with key farmers• Linkage with input supplier• Facilitation in collectivization of marketable surplus

(live animals, milk)

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The financial product identified for the efforts are –• Leasing of quality goats and birds• Small Livestock asset based credit limit ( based on

existing herd strength for feeding, housing improvement)• Community Insurance services• Goat rearer’s group based Saving opportunities

The Goat Trust-An IntroductionThe Goat Trust is registered as charitable trust to promote small livestock (Goat/sheep/Backyard birds rearing) based livelihood through demystifying production technology,build institutions and promote standard of marketing and linkage across the globe. It ismandated to grow as a resource organization to work on development of pro poor smalllivestock farming systems, technologies and market development through collaborationand networking with various stakeholders. The Goat Trust has been resulted as an expe-riential learning process of a few development professionals engaged in livelihood pro-motion for women farmers and women led grass root organizations over a decade. It wasregistered to provide individual stray effort and struggle with small livestock basedlivelihood issues, a platform to promote cross learning, further accentuate action re-search to generate knowledge, experiences and make it available to larger set of playerswithin and outside India.

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The Goat Trust completed 7th yearof its journey. In last 7 years ofwork The Goat Trust have partneredwith over 50 organizations and pro-gram to strengthen goat basedlivelihoods and we all have learntbasic lessons along with partners inthis journey. we are presentingsome glimpses of 7th foundationday.

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