Livelihoods Of Dependent Communities Research Articles

Gaushala Safety – Automation of Cattle Livestock

Automation of Cattle Livestock is a ground-breaking initiative aimed at transforming cattle care and management. In a nation where cattle play a pivotal role in rural economies, the absence of accessible veterinary care, delayed vaccinations, and disease outbreaks pose significant threats to cattle health and the livelihoods of dependent communities. This project offers a comprehensive solution by harnessing cutting-edge technology. It includes a robust cattle information management system, utilizing speech recognition for data input to accommodate diverse user literacy levels..The core feature is an intelligent vaccination scheduler, creating personalized vaccination plans based on individual cattle profiles, and sending timely reminders to owners. Additionally, it employs advanced image processing to detect early signs of disease. The project ensures accessibility through voice-enabled interaction and simplifies the registration of new cattle and along with that it includes the cattle tracker and shed cleaning. By enhancing cattle health, increasing accessibility, and promoting sustainable cattle rearing, Automation of Cattle Livestock seeks to empower farmers, protect livestock, and drive rural community development. This project represents a pioneering step toward a brighter future for both cattle and their caretakers in India.

Challenges to sustainable management of the lakes of Malawi

This paper reviews the management challenges facing Malawi lakes and analyzes the management responses that have been developed to deal with these challenges. Malawi lakes are under considerable stress due to high population growth and increasing levels of poverty which have led to overexploitation of fishery resources. High rates of soil erosion in the lake catchments are increasing siltation of shallow lakes, deltas and embayments, affecting water quality and fish breeding habitats, thereby degrading fish production potential. This review further shows that past and current management approaches have focused on maximizing sustainable yield and have failed to adequately incorporate socio-ecological factors and broader lake catchment processes into fisheries management plans. This, in turn, led to the top-down development of fisheries laws and technical regulations which were difficult to enforce, increased conflict between resource users and fisheries managers, and failed to control fisheries over-exploitation and the collapse of the chambo (tilapia) and cyprinid fisheries. The paper recommends that the fisheries policy should be reviewed to focus on resilience of fisheries, environment and livelihoods. Policy makers should adopt integrated management planning to address the diverse interest of stakeholders in lake basins, as well as the ecological, socio-economic and external factors threatening sustainability of lake ecosystems and livelihoods of dependent communities.