Indian Livestock Production Systems
The goal of this thematic is to build a sustainable package of practices for various kinds of extensive livestock systems to improve livelihood resilience and sustainable food systems. The focus would be on clarifying that extensive systems and livestock mobility are key facets of sustainable food. The emphasis would be on changing land use patterns, circularity in Indian food production systems, creating awareness on traditional knowledge systems, and how extensive systems stay well within the planetary boundaries and are still economically viable.
Actions
- Curate PoPs for sustainable extensive livestock systems (e.g integrated farming systems, diversified cropping systems, conservation and development of commons, local breed improvements, etc)
- Develop champions or models for scaling up
- Work on curating new strategies/mechanisms for aspects like livestock insurance, social security, animal health care, animal welfare, monitoring and evaluation system to be incorporated in to current schemes and programs
- Link livestock to programs on agriculture and natural farming!
Pathways for change
Implement pilots at scale with CSOs
Disseminate the evidence and data emerging from the pilots for policy change
Involve new stakeholders such as new researchers actually working on the field, digital platforms, media and pastoral youth networks to influence the narrative change
Influence donors to support initiatives under the new narratives
Develop collaborative research projects with academicians to new data and development of livestock standards for the Indian context
Showcase results by media coverage
Build support systems to enable an extensive livestock system that is inclusive of pastoralism of all kinds