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Impact of the lockdown on
pastoralists of Maharashtra

IntroductionThe dry land regions of Maharashtra provide natural topographiesthat are suitable for livestock rearing. They are crucial resources forsustaining pastoral lifestyles in the state. The pastoral communities ofMaharashtra consist of the Dhangars, Nanda Gawalis, Melghat Gawalis,Mathura Lambada, Rabari, Kurumars, Kanadi Hindu Talwar, Bharwads,Golkars, and Gowaris. In 2000, there were 313 nomadic tribes and 198denotified tribes […]

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Understanding the Indigenous Socio-Economic and Ecological Systems of Indigenous Livestock Breeds for Designing Appropriate Extension Service And Delivery System

-By Kanna K. Siripurapu, Sajal Kulkarni*, & Sabyasachi Das Revitalizing Rainfed Agriculture Network, India. Address & Email of the Corresponding Author: Plot No-30, Near Renuka Mata Mandir,Yashoda Nagar Phase-1, Post Jaitala, Hingana Road, Nagpur-440036. sajalskulkarni@gmail.com ABSTRACT .Indigenous livestock breeds represent the collective heritage of the communities they are associated with, and cannot beconserved separately from

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Use of Ethno-Veterinary medicines (EVM) from Vidarbha Region (MS) INDIA

Sajal Kulkarni, DK Kulkarni, AD Deo, AB Pande and RL BhagatBAIF Development Research Foundation, Pune 411058. ABSTRACTRural tribal people generally depend on plants for curing their livestock due to inadequatefacilities provided by Government agencies. The field survey was carried out in 3 clusters ofNagpur, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli of Maharashtra State. Local people were using 46

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Natural fodder species and analysis for diet pattern in
breeding tract of Kathani cattle in Maharashtra

SAJAL KULKARNI, SUREKHA KALE, R.L. BHAGAT, A.B. PANDE AND D.K. KULKARNI ABSTRACT : Most commonly available fodder species of breeding tract of Kathani cattle in Maharashtra are collected andnutritionally analyzed and found to have protein ranging from 4.73 per cent to 13.39 per cent, fibre from 23.57 per cent to 34.44 percent, oil from 0.21

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KULLU CALL

For the Recognition of the Importance of Common Pool Resources (CPRs) and Pastoralism for India’s Livestock Sector Camel ( Rajasthan, Gujarat,   Madhya Pradesh) 3,50,000 10 3 298  Total 387987778 335156  ****based on calculations by Athani, B., et al( 2015) in the paper ‘The significance of  nomadic pastoralism for sustaining soil fertility in Northern Karnataka’, presented

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Community protocols
for pastoralists and livestock keepers

Claming rights under the Convention on Biological Diversity. Rajasthan, a desert state in western India, hasalways prided itself on its camels. Among itsmany tourist attractions is the annual PushkarFair, the world’s largest camel market, where morethan 50,000 camels and their herders are said tocongregate. But since the 1990s, the camel population has plummeted. Camel breeders,

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