Vandana Kumari

Kurukshetra UniversityIndia

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Malaria Research and Control(11), Mosquito-borne diseases and control(7), Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials(5), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research(5), Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments(4)

Publications103 total

International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research·2025Open Access
INTERANTIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
International Journal of Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance·2025Open Access
A vital component of India's rural economy, the livestock industry employs millions of marginal, small and landless farmers and substantially contributes to the country's food supply. The cattle industry has shown resilience throughout time, continuously registering positive growth rates despite hardships like droughts. Small and marginal farmers mostly depend on cattle as a source of income, devoting a sizeable amount of their budget to animal husbandry. The economic surveys conducted in 2016–17 and 2017–18 emphasize how livestock contributes more to agricultural revenue overall, underscoring the sector's expanding importance. Women are vital to the cattle industry and many of them are involved in dairy groups. A comprehensive strategy for enhancing the livelihoods of small and marginalized farmers, Integrated Farming Systems (IFS) encourages resource efficiency, food security and recycling of nutrients. IFS provide options for employment, revenue generation and sustainable production by combining field crops with farm animals. IFS improves environmental sustainability, profitability and productivity by managing resources well. Different models have been created to improve farm revenue and productivity in the context of dairy-based IFS. These models provide small farmers with a holistic solution by combining crop growing, hydroponics, vermicomposting and other related practices with dairy farming. to bolster the dairy-focused industry, steps need to be taken, including making loans to small farmers hassle-free, encouraging the use of sex-sorted semen technology, creating online marketplaces for bovine germplasm, applying genomic technology to breed improvement, and incorporating livestock into agricultural systems. The livestock industry is greatly aided by research and development, which focuses on topics including breed improvement, thermostable vaccinations, ethno-veterinary treatment and animal feeding plans unique to a certain location. India can increase agricultural production, guarantee food security and improve farmers' livelihoods in a sustainable way by focusing on dairy-based IFS development and provide the required assistance.
International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development·2024Open Access
Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences·2024Open Access
RGUHS Journal of Dental Sciences·2024Open Access
International Journal of Infectious Diseases·2023Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Kailash C. Pandey(14), Rajnikant Dixit(6), Agam Prasad Singh(5), Monika Tomar(4), R. P. Tandon(4), Kapil Vashisht(3), Pradyumna Kumar Mishra(3), Inderjeet Kalia(3), Reema Gupta(3), Prabhjot Kaur Sabharwal(3), Durga Mahor(2), Ruma Galgalekar(2), Nalok Banerjee(2), Rohit Saluja(2), Sajal De(2), Anju Katyal(2), Brijesh Rathi(2), Kona Madhavinadha Prasad(2), Mymoona Akhter(2), Ajay K. Saxena(2)