Open AccessThe development and impact of the livestock Guru: Meeting the knowledge needs of poor livestock keepers in Tamil Nadu, India
Author(s) -
Yu Jun,
Claire Heffernan
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
knowledge management and e-learning: an international journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.526
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2309-5008
pISSN - 2073-7904
DOI - 10.34105/j.kmel.2011.03.021
Subject(s) - tamil , livestock , relation (database) , socioeconomics , geography , business , sociology , computer science , forestry , philosophy , linguistics , database
Livestock keepers comprise 2/3rds of the 2.8 billion households living on less than two dollars per day. However, as a group they tend to be marginalised and excluded from formal service provision, particularly in relation to animal health. Therefore, the following paper describes the development of the Livestock Guru, a multi-media learning programme created to meet the knowledge needs of poor livestock keepers in Tamil Nadu, India. The findings from the study illustrate the importance of both appropriate visuals, voice-overs but also the need for addressing issues in the environment in which learning will take place.