An interesting announcement from DAD-Net.
In the workshop on “National strategy for conservation of indigenous breeds of Livestock” organized by Planning Commission on 28th Sep. 2010 [in] New Delhi, Dr. M.S. Swaminathan suggested the idea of “Breed Saviour Award” for those communities or traditional livestock keepers who are conserving and improving the local livestock breeds. This idea has been accepted by National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) of India. SEVA NGO in association with LIFE Network and NBA will be distributing Breed Saviour Award 2010 on 8 Dec. at Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Based on entries received from different parts of our country we selected 20 pastoralists/livestock keepers who are conserving local livestock breeds. Each awardee will receive Rs. 10,000/= (approx. 200 U.S. dollars ) and a certificate. Awardees are chosen based on criteria for selection of awardees. We have developed a simple format for documentation of individuals or communities conserving local livestock breeds. In the long run we look for formalising and evolving national regsiter for community conservation of livestock breeds with profiles of livestock keepers, indigenous knowledge, innovations and best practices. We look forward valuable suggestions on the format of documentation attached/comments on this process.
Sincerely,
P. Vivekanandan (vivekseva at gmail.com)
SEVA
45, T.P.M. Nagar
Virattipathu
Madurai — 625 010
Tamil Nadu, India
They need something like this in Jamaica.