Cow Dairy Project partners

• OFI-French volunteers/ supporters OFI-France.• Agence des Microprojets Guilde Européenne du

Raid.

SEVAI – Seven Principles

Community is the Agent for Development Crisis is the Opportune moment for initiating

Development No one should be assisted unless they be

tested for Community Spirit Gender Perspective – “Equal Wage for Work” Development is Chain reaction – “Spiral Effect” Development is Qualitative Challenge Real Development is Real Presence

Why this cow farmingSEVAI/OFI Partners Dairy farm Services • Provides the villagers complete end to end solutions in dairy farming• This cow farm consulting services focuses on efficiency as well as

efficacy. • This Cow project fully utilizes optimum local resources. • SEVAI/OFI Partners Dairy farm Services Include the aspects of

dairy farm operations such as: • Developing annual business plan, Farm layout, Manpower planning,

Training sessions, Sourcing of Livestock, Fodder management Computation of feed, Optimization of operating costs and efficiency ratios.

• Designing of most economical, comfortable and secure cow sheds and other required spaces, Focus on maximizing productive investment and minimizing investment on non productive items, lucrative returns on investment.

• Etension to cow farmers and service for poor and needy children

The Need, Opportunity, Training & Sustainability

• The Need :women are typically the most disadvantaged – supporting most of the family burdens (children, water, health, nutrition, etc)…

• Opportunity: Starting with just one unit cows, a woman can build her own source of milk, manure, meat and money for the benefit of her family. 

• Training & Sustainability  – it is key to the success & sustainability of the scheme for the women to learn both cow-rearing (including animal health), and how to save and invest surplus income.

Cow Project -direct focus

• Increase average annual income of Project beneficiaries from raising cows and kitchen gardening

• Improved Health Status of Project Beneficiaries • Capacity Building of Project Beneficiaries towards

sustainability • Formation of Milk cooperatives• Training SHGs

Cow project Achievements• Dairy cow project milk production/Training program• Training and extension of the projects to the nearby

villages• Formation of Cooperatives.• Cooperative marketing.• Better milk production and feeding/calf care.• Farm management as micro enterprise.• Training modules follow up as trained by French

volunteers.

Dairy Project strategy

• Study of the project villages in 2011.• Establishment of Dairy farm in 2012• Project extension and marketing 2013.• Cooperative formation, training women SHGs

and cow owners for better quality of milk and feeding and calf rearing orientation.

• Self sustaining, training and the profit is used for feeding poor children and taking care of handicapped children

Project process followed

• Cows shelter has been constructed.• Calf shelter has been constructed.• Drinking water, feeding arrangements done.• Growing green fodder and paddy straw for cattle

feeding.• Purchase of Cows • Formation of cooperative,training,marketing• Procurement of milking machine and grass cutter.• Setting up a goat unit as auxiliary project

Construction of Cow shelter

Selection of cows in Erode market with the help of Vet.

Cows purchased

Drinking water intake increase

Milking cows with milking machines

Training women Cow farmers

Green fodder feeding the cows

French Vet. Volunteers observation/guidance

Green fodder cultivation

Fodder transportation to cow farm

Calves shelter

Grass cutter

Vet. Care of Cows & AI

OFI Vice President Mrs.Benjamine Oberoi visits the farm

Women SHGs training in cow farm

Testing milking pressure of machine

Feeding the calves

Village level extension of cow project

Hand milking by women

Supply of Milk to cooperative

Financial status

• Grant received from OFI-France EURO= 12211 equal to Indian Rs.886213.

• The sales of milk is Rs.836000.• Loan taken from Dr.Benjamine and other sources is

Rs.1094967.• The current value of loan in Euros:13685 to be repaid.• The project has asset of 29 cows,14 calves, one milking

machine, two grass cutting machine and infrastructure for maintaining these cows and their calves

• SEVAI needs to repay the loan of 13685 Euros.• Working revolving fund of Indian Rupees 500000.

Auxiliary goat rearing project

SEVAI Thanks