The Odisha livelihoods Mission organised a district-level seminar here on Tuesday and held a discussion on how development of livestock and rearing of domestic animals can be undertaken as a primary source of livelihood.
Till now, 12, 241 houses have been included in the mission of 24 panchayats of Astarang, Gopa, Puri Sadar and Nimapara.
From this mission, 8,507 farmers, 3,036 vegetable farmers, 2,304 goat farmers, 1,410 poultry farmers, 3,334 dairy farmers and 879 non-agricultural farmers have been benefitted. About 80 farmer friends, 48 animal friends and bank friends are working in the mission.
Among others, ZP Chairman Jyotirmayee Dalai, Additional Project Director Srikant Tarai, DPM Sanjay Kumar Barik, District Animal Officer Dr Debi Kalyan Patnaik, lDM Satya Narayan Patnaik and ORMAS CEO Subal Kumar Jenamani were present.
The people working in this field were also felicitated for their novel work on the occasion.