Building Last Mile Livestock Extension Services for Rural Communities in Jharkhand, India

Building Last Mile Livestock Extension Services for Rural Communities in Jharkhand, India

Jharkhand's livestock production is in the hands of marginal and landless farmers with women accounting for over 70 percent of the production. The JOHAR project aims to enhance and diversify household income through the livestock component to...

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Main Authors: Leitch, Helen, Gaurav, Abhinav, Bihari, Bipin
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:
LIVESTOCK
SERVICE DELIVERY
MARKET ACCESS
BREEDER VILLAGE
FARMER TRAINING
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/329431591190384738/Building-Last-Mile-Livestock-Extension-Services-for-Rural-Communities-in-Jharkhand-India
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spelling okr-10986-347182021-09-10T09:00:51Z Building Last Mile Livestock Extension Services for Rural Communities in Jharkhand, India Leitch, Helen Gaurav, Abhinav Bihari, Bipin LIVESTOCK SERVICE DELIVERY MARKET ACCESS BREEDER VILLAGE FARMER TRAINING AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION Jharkhand's livestock production is in the hands of marginal and landless farmers with women accounting for over 70 percent of the production. The JOHAR project aims to enhance and diversify household income through the livestock component to target nearly 57,000 beneficiaries for enhancing productivity and accessing markets in selected value chains (broilers, layers, pigs, goats and dual purpose backyard poultry). Given the major role of women, especially from marginal and landless households, JOHAR livestock activities target over 90 percent female beneficiaries. While local service providers are an important feature in all livestock related investments the Bank finances, the JOHAR model is believed to be the most comprehensive and successful of all. This note highlights JOHAR's livestock activities, the JOHAR Pashu sakhi model, lessons learned and what makes the JOHAR model different. 2020-11-02T21:17:52Z 2020-11-02T21:17:52Z 2020-03 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/329431591190384738/Building-Last-Mile-Livestock-Extension-Services-for-Rural-Communities-in-Jharkhand-India http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34718 English South Asia Agriculture and Rural Growth Discussion Note Series;No. 12 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research South Asia India
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topic LIVESTOCK
SERVICE DELIVERY
MARKET ACCESS
BREEDER VILLAGE
FARMER TRAINING
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
spellingShingle LIVESTOCK
SERVICE DELIVERY
MARKET ACCESS
BREEDER VILLAGE
FARMER TRAINING
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
Leitch, Helen
Gaurav, Abhinav
Bihari, Bipin
Building Last Mile Livestock Extension Services for Rural Communities in Jharkhand, India
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description Jharkhand's livestock production is in the hands of marginal and landless farmers with women accounting for over 70 percent of the production. The JOHAR project aims to enhance and diversify household income through the livestock component to target nearly 57,000 beneficiaries for enhancing productivity and accessing markets in selected value chains (broilers, layers, pigs, goats and dual purpose backyard poultry). Given the major role of women, especially from marginal and landless households, JOHAR livestock activities target over 90 percent female beneficiaries. While local service providers are an important feature in all livestock related investments the Bank finances, the JOHAR model is believed to be the most comprehensive and successful of all. This note highlights JOHAR's livestock activities, the JOHAR Pashu sakhi model, lessons learned and what makes the JOHAR model different.
format Brief
author Leitch, Helen
Gaurav, Abhinav
Bihari, Bipin
author_facet Leitch, Helen
Gaurav, Abhinav
Bihari, Bipin
author_sort Leitch, Helen
title Building Last Mile Livestock Extension Services for Rural Communities in Jharkhand, India
title_short Building Last Mile Livestock Extension Services for Rural Communities in Jharkhand, India
title_full Building Last Mile Livestock Extension Services for Rural Communities in Jharkhand, India
title_fullStr Building Last Mile Livestock Extension Services for Rural Communities in Jharkhand, India
title_full_unstemmed Building Last Mile Livestock Extension Services for Rural Communities in Jharkhand, India
title_sort building last mile livestock extension services for rural communities in jharkhand, india
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/329431591190384738/Building-Last-Mile-Livestock-Extension-Services-for-Rural-Communities-in-Jharkhand-India
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