Success Stories
KVK Thane, Success Stories
1. Success Story Backyard Poultry
Nandok is on adopted village of East Sikkim
district under National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) project. It
was found that the poultry production systems in Nandok and other nearby villages
are traditional and poorly remunerative. Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), East Sikkim
made intervention with dual purpose improved birds, which can thrive well under
poor feeding and management practices followed in village, can grow faster than
indigenous birds and lay more eggs, thus leading to improvement in the livelihood
security of the poor. The Vanaraja and Gramapriya bird were identified for
intervention, due to multiple colours, looks like indigenous birds and fetch better
price in terms of meat and egg in the market.
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2. Success Story Goat farming
KVK Thane has been playing a pioneering role in technology transfer, refinement
and imparting the need based trainings to farmers and rural youth. This particular
success story unfolds the achievement of a tribal farm woman , entrepreneur and
technologists interaction in sustainable development of a goat farm in Thane &
Palghar district.
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Above success stories can guide farmers.