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As the traditional ways of goat and sheep rearing are not much
liked by new generation, the capable village youths are opting for
occupation other than agriculture and migrating to other places in
search of sustainable livelihood. A great visionary Narayanrao
Deshpande from Sangli region decided to find an effective solution
to the problem and laid the foundation for Sheti Pariwar Kalyan
Sanstha in 1975. Now Sheti Pariwar Kalyan Sanstha has entirely
changed the definition of livestock rearing in Sangli district.
Atpadi village in Sangli district is a drought prone area of
Maharashtra. Agriculture is mainly rainfed. Due to all these
challenges, goat and sheep rearing is quite popular because of its
economical support to the farmers. Goat is mainly reared for meat
and sheep is preferred for wool; for weaving blankets and other
articles that are traditionally popular in these regions. As goat
rearing was a traditional occupation, the methods followed were
also traditional. The traditional way of goat rearing required much
time and efforts.
Narayanrao Deshpande from the same region was quite familiar with
these challenges. Though he was not much qualified academically but
was filled with innovative ideas and courage to do something new
which would help society at large. He established Sheti Pariwar
Kalyan Sanstha for agricultural development and other allied
activities to address the livelihood challenges. Initially, the
sanstha started some experiments with stall-fed goat farming.
This experiment was a big time hit, as till then nobody had ever
thought of stall fed goat farming. Along with this, Deshpande also
started developing the breed, wherein Osmanabadi breed of goat was
maintained and by selection method, its breed development activity
was started.
The systematic innovation in the traditional methodology has helped
developing a commercially and environmentally viable option, which
is also acceptable to masses. In the year 1985, Deshpande also
tried some experiments of cultivating some trees which would be
specifically used as fodder for the goats. These varieties of
plants were easily grown on dry and waste land. Sheti Pariwar is
now known for imparting training in stall fed goat rearing and
breed development. It is also offering a variety of training
programmes in new agricultural methodologies and agro allied
activities.
Khillar Cow is an Indigenous breed found in drought prone areas of
Maharashtra. These bulls are good for farm use. Maintaining pure
line breed and conservation of breed through selection method to
develop a DNA through traditional Knowledge are the tasks
undertaken.
Fodder development
Plantation of trees like Anjan, Babool, Neem, Shivan, Pimpran, Ber
(bor) is done on waste land that is purely rain fed. Grass of
specific varieties like Marwel, Pavana, Styllo are cultivated below
the trees that are used as a fodder for goat. Community-based
fodder development programme is one of the unique activity
initiated by Sheti Pariwar in which along with people’s
participation, a common plantation is done on the waste land. The
fodder from common area is used by the village.
Sheti Pariwar has also explored options that can provide easy
nutrition to the cattle from the available resources. A single
bhakri which is made from maze, jowar, soybean, mineral mixture and
common salt can meet the nutritional needs of the goat, at a very
affordable cost and that too from locally available resources.
Krishi Narayani Dayanandini
Krishi Narayani Dayanandini is a diary which helps the farmer to
keep the record of each and every item that is used for cultivation
e.g. what crop has been selected in which farm, manures that have
been used and their cost, labour charges, growth of the crop,
observation, treatment done for any pest attack, etc.
Training
Sheti Pariwar believes in implementation of appropriate technology
at the grass root level. Hence a systematic and scientific module
of training has been developed which not only trains the farmer,
but also makes them knowledgeable enough to make best out of the
available resources. Sheti Pariwar provides training in goat
rearing, cow rearing, fodder development, agro processing, agro
allied training, milk processing, vermi compost, grading of grains
and Participatory Rural Appraisal(PRA).
Contact:
Sheti Pariwar Kalyan Sanstha
Deshpande Mala
Post Atpadi , District Sangli-415301
Maharashtra, India
Phone no: 0234 3221314,
Prasad Deshpande-9423037094
Shubhada Deshpande-9423870594
E-mail- [email protected]
[email protected]
How to reach:
By air: The nearest major international airport is located at
Mumbai and it is situated at a distance of 390 km from Sangli. Pune
airport is located around 237 km from the city of Sangli.
By train: Miraj Junction and Sangli Junction are the two main
stations and they are connected to different places such as Delhi,
Mumbai, Agra, Ahmadabad, Pune, Bangalore and many other cities.
By bus: Sangli is well connected by MSRTC buses from different
cities such as Pune, Mumbai, Aurangabad, Nasik, Kolhapur, Goa,
Hyderabad and a few other cities. There are many private buses that
are available as well.
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