Market Led Extension Market Led Extension Strategy for Livestock Strategy for Livestock

ProductionProduction

Dr. R.P. Singh

Director Extension Education and

Director SAMETI-Uttarakhand

MissionMission

Facilitate need based knowledge in livestock and poultry sector in ongoing and emerging areas to support productivity increase, reducing the gap between potential and actual yield and to prepare the country to face the challenges of globalization.

Thrust AreasThrust Areas

Development and improvement of processing technologies for value addition, shelf life enhancement and quality assurance of livestock products.

Dietetic livestock products for better health.

Livestock production economics and marketing.

StrengthsStrengths

Manpower Infrastructure

Farm and animals

Laboratories

Specialized facilities

Human Resource Development

National and International Collaboration

AchievementsAchievements Crossbred strains of cattle, Karan Swiss, Karan Fries

and Frieswal for high milk production Layer productivity enhanced to 300 eggs / per year /

per bird Broiler body weight increased to 1.5 kg in 35 days Graded Murrah buffaloes with 2200 kg milk yield

per/lactation Dual purpose poultry strains for rural farming Conservation techniques for various livestock and

poultry germplasms Improved strains of sheep for fine wool, carpet wool

and mutton Shelter management for small ruminants

Animal HealthAnimal Health Eradication of Rinderprest in India Indigenous technology for foot and mouth

disease vaccine production Live attenuated vaccine for sheep and goat

plague (PPR) Diagnosed avian influenza and controlled it by

continuous surveillance Vaccine against avian influenza using

indigenous strains Technical and scientific support to National

FMD control programme

In Animal Products In Animal Products Technology Technology

Low cholesterol ghee Mango Lassi with long shelf life Ghee, fortified with herbs Indigenous technology for production of rasmalai,

kulfi, kheer mix, gulab jamun mix with longer shelf life

Adopted and modified traditional milk products technology like kunda for commercial production

Various poultry meat products like chicken chunkalona from spent hen, chicken idli, nuggets, patties, pickle and kababs

Commercialization of Commercialization of technologies technologies

Area specific mineral mixture for different agro-ecological zones and complete feed block using non conventional feed resources.

Goat plague (PPR) vaccine FMD and HS adjoined oil vaccine. Equine influenza vaccine. Thermostable IBD vaccine. EHP 1 vaccine. Diagnostic kits for FMD surveillance By pass protein technology for high yielding cattle Hormonal modulation for increasing egg production