Activities

Gramin Ekikrat Krishi Vikas Trust

Cattle Farming & Dairy

Cattle farming involves rearing and management of two types of animals- one group for food requirements like milk and another for labor purposes like plowing, irrigation, etc. Animals that provide milk are called milch/dairy animals. For example, goats, buffalo, cows, etc. Animals that are used for labor are called draught animals. Since dairy animals are cared for and bred for milk, we need to improve milk production to meet the requirements.
For example, foreign breeds like Jersey, Holstein-Friesian, Brown Swiss, have a long lactation period while local breeds like Red Sindhi, Sahiwal, and Gir are known for their disease-resistant trait. Also, GEKVT emphasizes the large-scale production of dairy and dairy products.

Fisheries

Fisheries and aquaculture provide food for hundreds of millions of people around the world every day and employ over 10% of the world’s population. Led by the rapid development of aquaculture, especially in Asia, global seafood consumption has grown at twice the rate of the population since the early 1960s.

However, marine and aquatic ecosystems are under stress – from climate change, overfishing, and unsustainable fishing and aquaculture practices in some areas, as well as pollution from various other human activities, which lead to declining biodiversity. And GEKVT has taken that initiative for some recovery responsibility.

Poultry Farm

The objective of this scheme is to provide low-input technology poultry stock to farms for development under a diversification program to strengthen the training of random poultry performance feed quality monitoring branches in villages.

Demonstration of improved package practices for the use of fertilizers, water, and soil in the production of aquaculture crops, the study of new and promising species of fodder. The evolution of a suitable animal feed calendar for the region is the main goal of GEKVTS.

Duck Farming

Duck farming is very popular and absolutely a lucrative business. Ducks are highly available around the world. There are numerous meat and egg-productive duck breeds available throughout the world. Those wild birds wander around the world, and some of them have been domesticated as a good source of food. Some people think that duck without water and pond without water is the same. Even, some people think, ducks can’t live without water. But it’s totally wrong. You can not imagine a pond without water, but a duck can be raised without water.
Thousands of ducks can be raised without water by keeping them inside the house. But, keep in mind that, in case of raising ducks without water ‘your ducks will lay an unfertilized egg’. That means you can’t hatch the eggs for producing ducklings.

Agricultural Development

Agricultural development is one of the most powerful tools to end extreme poverty, boost shared prosperity, and feed. By Agriculture Development Program GEKVTS promotes sustainable livelihoods by building capacities of farmers, including women farmers, on improved agricultural practices and new technologies that increase crop yields, conserve water, and improve soil fertility. The team works with small-holder and marginal farmers in rain-fed and irrigated areas to facilitate the adoption of advanced and sustainable agricultural practices that include soil health management, climate-smart interventions, crop production management, input-use efficiency, small farm mechanization, horticultural development, livestock management, and the use of information and communication technology in agriculture.