Besides agriculture, the poor tribal also rears domestic animals and birds such as cattle, goats, poultry etc to supplement their livelihood portfolio. At times it was also observed that these resources of the poor work as an insurance to meet the immediate financial needs during period of critical illness, surviving agriculture, festivals etc. They use the cattle for ploughing their agricultural fields.

A positive shift of income from these resources will be targeted through the programme by taking up smaller activities such as providing the basic infrastructure facilities, rearing techniques, vaccination etc. For delivery of these services, each MWS will be equipped with minimum equipments such as veterinary kit, vaccination kit, deep freeze, thermos flask, sterilization equipments etc. with an allocation of Rs.16000/- per MWS. The women and the land poor families should be given priority while providing the services. Aquaculture can be taken as an innovation in the programme areas of OTELP although people do fishing in a very limited scale, not taken as an input to their livelihood portfolio. Since the programme is going to develop the water resources in the shape of ponds, farm ponds, percolation tanks, water harvesting structures etc, aquaculture will be promoted by utilizing these assets. Although the above described assets will be used by the concerned user groups, the women organized in Self Help Groups will be given preference in using these assets to have a collective approach in aquaculture to increase their group as well as family income.

The allocation under this is Rs.18000/- per MWS, meant for demonstrating the best practices as well as new concepts on livestock management. The specific activities under this could be livestock and aquaculture demonstration and extension along with supply of materials such as bucks for breeding, extension materials, livestock shades etc.