Livestock and livelihoods : the Indian context

By:

Ghotge, Naitya Sambamurthi

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Environment and development seriesPublication details: New Delhi; Foundation Books; 2004Description: 138 pISBN:

9788175961838

Subject(s):

Environment

DDC classification:

333.7 GHO

Summary: Livestock and Livelihoods: The Indian Context discusses livestock rearing in India, in relation to changes in the economy and policies of the government. The issues range from traditional practices in animal rearing, effect of colonial and post-colonial practices to the current policies. It also discusses methods to promote sustainable biodiversity and alternative systems of veterinary care. It focuses on community-owned knowledge systems, traditional methods of veterinary medicine, village healers and other knowledge derived from cultural heritage. It studies the role of women in livestock rearing, the linkages between livestock patterns, caste and community practices. The book draws a great deal from the multi-disciplinary field experiences of NGO's and will be useful for students/researchers, policy-makers, social scientists in the subjects of Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Science, Environmental Studies, Rural Development, Developmental Studies, Social Anthropology, and Community Participation.

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Livestock and Livelihoods: The Indian Context discusses livestock rearing in India, in relation to changes in the economy and policies of the government. The issues range from traditional practices in animal rearing, effect of colonial and post-colonial practices to the current policies. It also discusses methods to promote sustainable biodiversity and alternative systems of veterinary care.

It focuses on community-owned knowledge systems, traditional methods of veterinary medicine, village healers and other knowledge derived from cultural heritage. It studies the role of women in livestock rearing, the linkages between livestock patterns, caste and community practices.

The book draws a great deal from the multi-disciplinary field experiences of NGO's and will be useful for students/researchers, policy-makers, social scientists in the subjects of Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Science, Environmental Studies, Rural Development, Developmental Studies, Social Anthropology, and Community Participation.

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