Irfan Jamil

Research Report on Community Livestock Workers in Balochistan Irfan Jamil

Technical Report from the year 2014 in the subject Veterinary medicine, grade: Phd, , course: Environmental Biology, language: English, abstract: Existing government line department services are mainly focused upon providing veterinary service to hardly 11 to 14% livestock of the province. In order to narrow the existing gape in the provision of animal health care services and to cater farmer's need for improved livestock production technologies there is need to develop community based extension services. Good results with such approach were achieved by Mercy Crop International in Afghanistan and by European Economic Commission (EEC) & Asian Development Bank (ADB) assisted Balochistan livestock department projects in some parts of the province. Since past decade there has been gradual shift in provision of animal health services towards community manage extension services because of UN agencies and other international donors started involving communities in this task. This concept eventually leads to evolution of professionally trained sustainable service providers. With the liberalization of animal health services in Balochistan , community livestock extension workers (CLEWS) have be come an important alternative animal health delivery channel in the Balochistan's marginal areas. Lack of empathy between the extension staff , particularly the urban based veterinary officers and ordinary rural people and a poor understanding by the technically trained extension workers about the real life situation in the rural areas. Center for Advanced Studies in Vaccinology and Biotechnology (CASVAB) University of Balochistan developed a comprehensive training module and gave training to CLEWS of Balochistan Rural Support Program and IUCN. 40% of trained CLEWS have begun earning their livelihood. On average Rs. 2500 to 3000 per month is being earned by each CLEW working in his village.