What They Said.

This project deserves appreciation for developing training tools like touch screen kiosk, audio mobile conferencing, multi purpose LCD, collapsible banner, video and audio CDs, Flip books in a systematic manner aiding knowledge dissemination.

These tool shave a direct application in about 170 districts identified as livestock dependent areas in India. There is a great scope to find their utility in National Programmes like NREGA, RKVY, KVKs and ATMA centres.

The DelPHE research team has done an excellent networking, contributing towards the development of tools that benefit the women. The different schools of IGNOU especially SOEDS, School of Agriculture, School of Gender Studies and School of sustainable development will be interested to look into the outputs of this project so as to benefit more learners through IGNOU.

We are happy to be associated with the Project as the first University which has taken up the Course on “Gender and Livestock Development” for MA Women’s Studies designed under the initiative of the DelPHE Project.

Looking forward for collaboration with this excellent Partnership.

One of the best 10 Research Projects that I have come across… very useful at the field level.

Innovative …tools are tested for their merits. The ICT tools have great application in different fields like agricultural training especially in the North Eastern regions of India. Looking forward to apply these tools.

The training tools developed are good for any organization involved in training of Women Self Help Groups. We are looking forward to have some of the training tools, especially the mobile mediated audio conferencing and the touch screen kiosk which will be useful for the WSHGs of the State.

“ The Kerala Agricultural University is proud of innovations and findings of this British Council Project. It is far reaching and beneficial to farmers and WSHGs. The university will take all these findings effectively to farmers”.

“The benefits of the project through networks in terms of seminars/ workshops/ interactions/ tie-ups with the Sujala Watershed, Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary University at Bidar has greatly enriched the knowledge of various stakeholders including the teachers and students of Bangalore University” .

“Different development programmes for WSHGs can be developed. The Kudumbasree has benefited much from this project. We are planning to scale up these innovations for the whole state”.

I had seen the concerted efforts of DelPHE partners. I could forecast interdisciplinary projects, which could be viable for gender mainstreaming.

I had acted in the Short Film taken as Part of the DelPHE Project. It brought forth a hidden talent in me, which I am trying to capitalize and nourish.

The project activities are good. They have provided training at college (Hyderabad) and educated us on various aspects of dairying. Now we are preventing certain diseases by maintaining the good hygiene in the premises.

We received training from the project. Out of different items covered, the calf management was very much useful. Earlier the calves used die if the animal stopped milking. Through training we learnt that young calves can be given little amounts of concentrates. We followed these principles and a calf was saved recently in our village. Whatever we learnt in training programme, we are following and deriving the benefits.

“With the introduction of this paper entitled “ Gender and Livestock” there is every possibility of rejuvenating the knowledge that is deteriorating about the livestock. It further provides scope for upgrading and enriching the knowledge in this field of study facilitating an understanding on the role of livestock in the livelihoods of women”.