Zahirun Nessa Barbhuiya, a member of Naziha Self Help Group of Baghadahar Borjurai Gaon Panchayat of village Berenga Pt- III under BMMU, Silchar development block, has become self-sufficient by sheep farming. Her financial situation was very bad before she joined ASRLM self-help group because her husband died early keeping three childrens on her and she was responsible for the family where she was the sole earner.
The idea for raising sheep came to her mind while visiting one of her relatives house and saw a sheep farm there and learnt that, raising sheep is a very lucrative business. She became interested in raising sheep. After that she takes a loan of Rs. 10000 from her SHG and bought two sheeps from them. The loan she repaid later.
At present she has 26 sheep in her farm. According to her, keeping sheep is very profitable as sheeps are less susceptible to diseases than goats. The food also takes relatively less. The food that the sheep eat while grazing in the fields meets their food needs. A sheep gives birth to 2/3 calves every 6/7 months. When the child is one month old, the child is sold for 2-3 thousand rupees. This baby starts giving birth for the first time after 1 year of age. Later she gives birth every 6 months. This is a very lucrative business. Raising sheep requires less capital. But the benefits are much higher.
She also regularly participates in free vaccination camps with her sheeps at the initiative of the BMMU Silchar. As a result, there is less ailment in her sheeps, especially in foot and mouth. This protects her against probable financial loss in the future.
Recently her self-help group have received Rs. 25,000 under Kananlata Mahila Sabalikaran Yojana and then gets another loan of Rs 1 lakh from Dena Bank, Silchar. She has already taken another loan of Rs 25,000 from her SHG and is thinking of expanding her business. She is planning to build a new scientific model house where she is planning to increase the number of her sheeps with improved breeds.
This is how Zahirun Nessa Barbhuiya, a member of Naziha Self Help Group, has become self-sufficient and now able to run her own family smoothly. She earns Rs 60,000-70,000 every year by selling sheep.
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