Meeting of Livestock farmers and Agriculturists with NIAB Scientists (MILAN) at ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair

21^st November 2022, Port Blair

ICAR-Central Island Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair in collaboration with DBT-National Institute of Animal Biotechnology, Hyderabad organized a Workshop on “Meeting of Livestock farmers and Agriculturists with NIAB Scientists (MILAN)” here today.

The workshop was conducted on the theme of Implications of the Human-Animal Interface in Public Health and to understand the issues and challenges faced by livestock farmers, thereby making suitable technological interventions for improving the productivity and health of livestock.

Shri. H. Manoj, General Manager, NABARD, Port Blair, the Chief Guest, appreciated the CIARI for organizing such an important workshop for the benefit of livestock farmers and veterinarians. He also briefed about the various schemes of NABARD and urged the farmers to come forward to avail the benefits of the schemes.

The Guest of Honour, Dr. Ashok Gupta, Director, DAHVS, A & N Administration emphasized the various advanced biotechnological tools for their application at the field level.

Dr. G. Taru Sharma, Director, NIAB, Hyderabad highlighted the activities, achievements, and future thrust areas of the Institute.

In this presidential address, Dr.E.B.Chakurkar, Director, ICAR-CIARI emphasized on role and involvement of the farmers to identify field problems that can be the base for research priority.

A farmer-scientist’s interaction was also organized, wherein various field-level queries related to livestock health and production were discussed in detail, and spot solutions were suggested.

The workshop was attended by 130 participants including livestock farmers, Veterinarians, scientists from ICAR-CIARI, and NIAB, Hyderabad.

(Source: ICAR-Central Island Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair)