ICAR-NIANP Commercializes Anti-Methanogenic Feed Supplement “Harit Dhara”

11^th June, 2022, Bengaluru

The ICAR-National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Bengaluru, Karnataka commercialized the “Harit Dhara” Technology to the M/s. Core Carbox Solutions Pvt. Limited, Telangana here today.

Km. Shobha Karandlaje, Union Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmer’s Welfare; Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary (DARE) & Director General (ICAR) and Dr. Sudha Mysore, C.E.O. AgrInnovate Ltd., New Delhi were present on the occasion.

Dr. Raghavendra Bhatta, Director, ICAR-NIANP, Bengaluru and Shri Niroj Kumar Mohanty, Managing Director, Core CarbonX Solutions Pvt. Limited, Telangana signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the behalf of their respective Organizations.

The Harit Dhara developed by the Institute through a comprehensive research over a decade is an anti-methanogenic feed supplement prepared from the natural phyto-sources. The technology is found very effective in reducing the enteric methane emission upto 17% to 20% when incorporated in the livestock feed. The partial inhibition of enteric methanogenesis will have the dual advantage of stabilizing the global warming process and enhancing the productivity by re-channelizing the saved biological energy.

(Source: ICAR-National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Bengaluru, Karnataka)