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              14. 
				
              
              Social engineering of societal knowledge in 
              livestock science: Can we be more empathetic? - 
              
              R. K. Ravikumar, Devesh Thakur, Hardev Choudhary, Vivek Kumar, 
              Amol S. Kinhekar, Tushar Garg, K. Ponnusamy, G. R. Bhojne, Vasanth 
              M. Shetty and Vipin Kumar 
              
              Veterinary World, 10(1): 86-91   
              
   
                
                
doi: 
              
				
				10.14202/vetworld.2017.86-91 
                
                
                R. K. Ravikumar: 
                
                National Innovation Foundation-India, Satellite Complex, 
                Ahmedabad 380 015, Gujarat, India. 
              
              Devesh Thakur: 
              
              Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension Education, 
              Dr. GC Negi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK 
              Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur - 176 062, 
              Himachal Pradesh, India. 
              
              Hardev Choudhary: 
              
              National Innovation Foundation-India, Satellite Complex, Ahmedabad 
              380 015, Gujarat, India. 
              
              Vivek Kumar: 
              
              National Innovation Foundation-India, Satellite Complex, Ahmedabad 
              380 015, Gujarat, India. 
              
              Amol S. Kinhekar: 
              
              National Innovation Foundation-India, Satellite Complex, Ahmedabad 
              380 015, Gujarat, India. 
              
              Tushar Garg: 
              
              National Innovation Foundation-India, Satellite Complex, Ahmedabad 
              380 015, Gujarat, India. 
              
              K. Ponnusamy: 
              
              Division of Dairy Extension, ICAR- National Dairy Research 
              Institute, Karnal - 132 001, Haryana, India. 
              
              G. R. Bhojne: 
              
              Department of Clinical Medicine, Ethics & Jurisprudence, Nagpur 
              Veterinary College, Maharashtra Animal & Fishery Sciences 
              University, Nagpur - 440 001, Maharashtra, India. 
              
              Vasanth M. Shetty: 
              
              Dean, Veterinary College, Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and 
              Fisheries Sciences University, Hassan - 573 202, Karnataka, India. 
              
              Vipin Kumar: 
              
              National Innovation Foundation-India, Satellite Complex, Ahmedabad 
              380 015, Gujarat, India.   
              
              Received: 18-10-2016, Accepted: 09-12-2016, Published online: 
              23-01-2017   
				
              	
              	Corresponding author: 
              	
				
                R. K. Ravikumar, e-mail: ravikumar@nifindia.org 
 
              Citation: 
              
              Ravikumar RK, Thakur D, Choudhary H, Kumar V, Kinhekar AS, Garg T, 
              Ponnusamy K, Bhojne GR, Shetty VM, Kumar V (2017) Social 
              engineering of societal knowledge in livestock science: Can we be 
              more empathetic? 
              
              Veterinary World, 10(1): 86-91. 
 
              
				Abstract 
 
              
              Questions are raised in effective utilization of farmer’s wisdom 
              by communities in their farming. Planners support to livelihood 
              emphasize mostly of inputs from outside and not setting up 
              sustainable goals. Formal institutions and planners of program are 
              finding constraints and sceptical in wider dissemination of 
              indigenous knowledge research system (IKRS). This is in spite of 
              evidence that considerable number of farmer’s in livestock sector 
              depends on IKRS. In this context, it is pertinent to showcase 
              dissemination potential of these knowledge system(s) in larger 
              geographical areas. The review illustrates different challenges 
              encountered while control of livestock ailments like ectoparasite 
              infestation through IKRS. Several times, it was opinioned to 
              provide or share IKRS to thwart ailments in a specific region. 
              This is interesting as it was narrated how formal system is unable 
              to recognize farmer’s problem and challenges in integrating these 
              sustainable practices. It has to be noted that disseminating 
              activities seldom takes into account the experimental potential of 
              farmers. This review paper articulates various evidences generated 
              in enhancing diffusion thereby dissemination of IKRS. The nature 
              of support extended by IKRS in entrepreneurial activity of 
              smallholder farming units did not get adequate recognition. There 
              needs to be minimum standard protocol in deriving benefit from 
              such low-cost alternative technologies. This will enrich 
              incremental innovation activities as per location specific need 
              and provide scope for wider dissemination. 
              
              Keywords: 
              
              health, indigenous knowledge, innovation, institution, livestock, 
              technology. 
 
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