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Training And Field Support To Development Organization NGOs

The Goat Trust by design works in network mode for a particular geographical area to support 5 to 10 teams and or organisations on a long term (2 to 5 Years) basis. In such cases starting from problem analysis up to successful implementation of key concepts are supported by The Goat Trust. As on date The Goat Trust extended technical support to over 48 organisations and large development programs in 14 Indian states. Some of the major steps of such support are –

Some of the major steps of such support are –

Area feasibility analysis for strengthening goat based livelihoods –

• A field study is undertaken to assess existing status, role of goats in livelihoods, interplay with other livestock and crop of the area, resource utilization pattern, major facilitating and constraining factors of business, status of trades. A brief assessment of feasibility assessment around social, economic, environmental and resource use efficiency is undertaken. Analysis based livelihoods development strategy is developed for particular region/area/district.

Orientation workshop of key stakeholders –

• On field findings and The goat Trust tested concepts of strengthening small livestock based livelihoods – A two days workshop of major stakeholders, program managers and coordinators is undertaken to share field level findings, constraints and major concepts of The Goat Trust with process details. A process manual of major activities are provided to partner organization to develop a common understanding on key concepts and process envisaged for the area. Selection criteria for key local human resource are also.

Training of Community Livestock Managers –

• Team selects and nominate some rural youths from the area to be trained as community Livestock Manager (CLM) under two phase , each of 10 days and inter phase field work of 40 days. After first phase of training, these rural youths do PRA in field to aware people about real cause of their problems and facilitate Goat Rearers Group (GRG) formation. These GRG in turn select one goat farming women as potential “Pashu Sakhi” , which is criteria based selection.

Baseline of the area –

• A detailed baseline of the target household (20% sample) is taken to get a baseline, which is used for comparative change comparision after project interventions.

Training of Pashu Sakhi –

• From each village one Pashu Sakhi is trained in a group of 10 to 20 at nearby place. It is 5 days residential training process where trainer comes with all tools and training aids. A basic kit is provided to Pashu sakhies for field work.

Bakari Paalak Pathshaala (Shepherd’s School) initiation with community –

• The goat Trust targets 16 major practice change with priority set as per field condition and these all are shared with farmer through a picture based tools and in regular meeting.

Audio visual show to promote improved practices –

• A mobile video show on van is organized in each village on 5 major process change required to aware goat farmers on improved practices and learn from successful cases.

Fortnightly Pashu Sakhi meeting for capacity building and work based payment –

• Pashu Sakhies are groomed through fortnightly meeting to review their work, field related problems and payments are made as per work performed through a developed payment sheet.

Grading of Pashu Sakhi/GRG/Goat farmers –

• Support has in built mechanism of regular grading of each service provider and monitor changes at goat farmers level including economics trekking.

Tracking mortality of goats and support for appropriate technical strategy –

• The Goat Trust support model tracks mortality of goats over the months and provides technical support to the team to reduce mortality around 3 to 4 % annually within a year. Similarly loss making factors like abortion, paralysis, infertility are taken into account and various training and strategic support is extended to partner to effectively reduce it.

Launching of Community based Insurance for goats –

• Once mortality is under control, a community based goat insurance product is designed through taking risk mapping and frequency mapping exercise and pro poor product development principles.>

  Development of Community managed Livestock Business center –

• Normally this all lead to establishment of a community owned and professional (Social Enterprise Manager, where some CLM graduates) managed Livestock Business center to provide all input supply and output marketing facility on business principles. Such units are then made independent to undertake business with identified traders and input suppliers.



Since beginning The Goat Trust have supported over 48 organisations, reaching to 1.25 Lakh goat farmers to extend similar support in varying degree. We work with two models of support –




Limited technical Support partnership –

• Wherein some identified support is only extended to partner organization like, field study, training and pre decided field follow ups – As on around around 30 organisations are getting support from The Goat Trust on this model. Such support generally costs Rs 2 to 3 Lakh as professional cost for 500 goat farmers in 12 months.

Full technical support model –

• As per design in such case all above envisaged support fro a cluster is ensured over 24 months. Per year cost of support all inclusive for 1000 goat farmers is roughly Rs 8 to 10 lakh. Normally two years cost per goat farmer family comes Rs 650 to 700 inclusive of professional, travel, back office and overheads.

Area feasibility study and strategy development support

Technical support till date

Full Technical support partners -
• Maharshtra State Rural Livelihood Mission (MSRLM)
• North East Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society
• Uttrakahnd Gramya Vikas Samiti – Integrated Livelihoods Support
• Jharkahnd State Livelihoods promotion Society
• Reliance Foundation
• Dr Reddys Foundation
• Catholic Relief Society
• Bundelkhand Network of partners
• Vishwas Sansthan
• Rajasthan Network of Partners
• World Vision India
Limited Technical Support partners - List of partners
• MFind Your Feet
• Sai Jyoti, Lalitpur
• Farm & Farmers
• WVI ADPs in Uttar Pradesh
• IGWDP Udaipur
• Help a child India (HACI)
• KGVK, Jharkhand
• KIGS, Jaipur
Area feasibility study and strategy development support -

• Post Tsunami Sustainable livelihoods program, Chennai
• Society for elimination of Rural Poverty (SERP), Telangana
• Center for micro Finance , Japur
• IL & FS, Nasik
• CINI, Jharkhand

Field Working Process and Time Bound targeted outcome

Evolved with significant experiences and field experimentation, The Goat Trust model has evolved from developing village level and cluster level support system to integrated services development for goat based livelihoods ranging from production technology, institutions building to financial and marketing services and developing a state level organizations to strengthen, upscale, deepen goat based livelihoods support system and help in promoting farming systems development for sustainable use of resources and physical and natural assets.

The Goat Trust support model now spans to three distinct but complementary phases of support in any geographical areas with clear cut interventions, outputs and institutional role in each phase. As we work further, more clarity on design and roles may evolve but following are distinct output and activities of various phases in a undertaken project area, which concludes hand over of created systems and resources to community by 4th Year – Complete project cycle duration – 4 years