Impact Of Animal Husbandry Programme In Model Villages Adopted By B.A.U.
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1989
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Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi
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Rural development is not merely the agricultural development but rural transformation as a whole which includes development of all the facets of human resources like, social, economic, cultural and spiritual and the like of rural system. Therefore, rural development has to be viewed in its totality rather than fragmented approach.
The role of animal husbandry in maximizing the income of farmers particularly the landless and marginal farmers, is immense as the agro-climatic condition of Chotanagpur and Santhal Pargana region is not very much suitable for agriculture. The undulating nature of terrain, fragmentation of land holdings, light taxture of soil with low organic content, erratic rainfall, faulty cultivation practices, other biotic factors like uncontrolled grazing and destruction of forests are the most critical phenomenon throughout the plateau region in Bihar.
Under Model Village Development Programme for long term socio-economic improvement based initially on transfer of technology works, five villages under Ranchi District of different socio-geographic regions were selected by Birsa Agricultural University. The villages are Belangi (Ratu Block), Sosai (Mandar Block), Gangaghat (Angara Block), Rarha and Boreya (Kanke Block).
Since the inception of programme no systematic effort was made to evaluate the manifold contributions made by this programme towards raising the socio-economic status of the