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SMS for good shepherding: providing information when and where it is needed, India

Year of publication 2012

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Publisher FAO ;

Category Other document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Anthra is a non-profit organization working primarily on issues of livestock development in the wider context of sustainable natural resource use. Its focus areas are livestock production and farming systems, crops and fodder varieties, livestock and plant genetic resources, medicinal plants and health care traditions, land and water use and the protection, documentation and sharing of indigenous knowledge. Anthra primarily works with small and marginal farmers – dalits, adivasis, pastoralists, and particularly with women from these marginalized communities.

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