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19 May

Posted at 07:04h in Animal husbandry
Dr Asit Chakrabarti 14 views

पिछवाड़े मे पोल्ट्री फाम्रि‍गं - ग्रामीण किसानों के लिए बेहतर आजीविका का स्रोत Backyard poultry production is an age old practice in rural India. Most of the backyard poultry production comprises rearing of indigenous birds with poor production performances. The potentiality of indigenous birds in terms of egg production is only 70 to 80 egs/ bird/ year and meat production is also very less. However, the backyard poultry production can be easily boost up with improved varieties of chicken and can promise a better production of meat and egg. To improve the socio-economic status of the traditional farmers, backyard poultry is a handy enterprise with low-cost initial investment, but high economic return along with guarantee for improving protein deficiency among the poor. Why to go for backyard poultry farming? Low initial investment but higher economic return. A unit can be started with as low as two chickens to a large flock. Feed cost is negligible due to better utilization of agricultural by-products and leftover feed and grains. Egg and birds can be sold in local market with high price, because there is a growing demand for local chicken. And the consumers are willing to pay higher prices for high quality desi chicken meat or egg. Boost up in family income for better utilization of family laboures who are not able...

08 May

Posted at 06:09h in Animal husbandry
Dr Asit Chakrabarti 10 views

बकरी पालन - ग्रामीण किसानों के लिए आय का सबसे अच्छा स्रोत Goat production for milk and meat is an age old practice and goat is one of the first animals to be domesticated by men. Throughout the world goat is considered as ‘poor man’s cow’. Central Institute for Research on Goats (CIRG) projected as ‘Future Animal’ for rural and urban prosperity. The total goat population in India is 125.7 million, which is 14.6% of total world’s population. India produces 4.0 million MT goat milk by 30.2 million dairy goats.  India is the largest goat milk producer in the world, followed by Bangladesh (2.2 million MT) and Sudan (1.5 million MT). China produces about 1.8 million MT meat  (highest in world), followed by India (0.5 million MT) and third is Nigeria (0.3 million MT).  In India, goat sector contribute about 14,453 crores, out of which 6851 crore from meat, 4588 crores from milk and 648 crores from skin, which is 8% of total GDP from livestock sector and generate 4% employment directly or indirectly in the country. Approximately 20 million small and marginal farmers depend on goat rearing.  Why to go for goat farming? There is no religious taboo attached with goat farming or with goat meat (chevon) and all sections of the society readily consume...

23 Apr

Posted at 04:10h in Animal husbandry
Dr Asit Chakrabarti 32 views

पशु पालन के साथ मत्स्य पालन की एकीकृत कृषि पद्धति Integration of livestock in fish culture is an old age system of practice. Ducks, poultry, pig, cattle, buffalo, sheep and goat are common in mixed farming. Nowadays rabbit also incorporated in integrated livestock cum fish culture. Due to progressive shrinking of farm holding to obtain maximum output adoption of mixed farming system with livestock and fish become very popular in wetland and water shed areas of the country. The by-product utilization of one sub-system e.g. excreta of livestock becomes an input to a second sub-system i.e. in fish culture. To avoid environmental problems with animal excreta apart from manure production the animal excreta could be efficiently utilized as feed for fish and the end product is valuable animal protein, which is very much needed in India. States like West Bengal. Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Assam and North Eastern states the demand for fish and fish products along with meat and animal products are very high. To meet the demand and supply the integration with fish and livestock is very promising and could bring a significant profitability from a unit area particularly for small holding farmers. Most of the small holder farmers cannot afford the concentrate feed requirements of the fishes...

29 Aug

Posted at 06:58h in Animal husbandry
Deepak Mehta 13 views

कृत्रिम गर्भाधान: किसानों के लिए उपयोगी टिप्स Artificial insemination is the technique in which semen with living sperms is collected from the male and introduced into female reproductive tract at proper time and proper place with the help of instruments i.e A.I gun. This has been found to result in a normal offspring. In this process, the semen is inseminated into the female by placing a portion of it either in a collected or diluted form into the cervix or uterus by mechanical methods at the proper time and under most hygienic conditions. Artificial insemination is not merely a novel method of bringing about impregnation in females. Instead, it is a powerful tool mostly employed for livestock improvement. In artificial insemination the germplasm of the bulls of superior quality can be effectively utilized with the least regard for their location in faraway places. Signs of heat There are various signs of heat which can be seen by farmers mainly because they are the care taker of animals and can judge their animal. Different signs are present in different animals; sometimes one is present in an animal but absent in other. The animal will be in excited condition. The animal will be restless and nervous. The animal will be bellow frequency. This is the main sign which farmer...

30 Jul

Posted at 07:33h in Animal husbandry
डा0 बद्री प्रसाद कुशवाहा, प्रधान वैज्ञानिक 12 views

Bhadwari Buffalo Keeping for more ghee production भारतीय डेरी ब्यवसाय मे घी का स्थान सर्वोंपरि है। देश में उत्पादित दूध की सर्वाधिक मात्रा घी में परिवर्तित की जाती है। हमारे देश में भैसो की बारह प्रमुख नस्ले है। भदावरी उनमे से एक महत्वपूर्ण नस्ल है जो उत्तर प्रदेश तथा मघ्य प्रदेश के भदावर क्षेत्र में यमुना तथा चम्बल नदी के आस पास के क्षेत्रो में पायी जाती है। यह नस्ल दूध में अत्याधिक वसा प्रतिशत के लिए प्रसिद्ध हैं। भदावरी भैंस के दूध में औसतन 8.0 प्रतिशत वसा पायी जाती है जो अलग अलग भैसों में 6 से 14 प्रतिशत तक हो सकती है। गांवों में यह कहावत है कि इस भैंस के आठ दिन के दूध से एक दिन  के दूध की मात्रा के बराबर घी निकलता है अर्थात  प्रतिदिन 5  कि0 ग्रा0 दूध देने वाली भैंस से आठ दिन मे 5 कि0 ग्रा0 घी निकलेगा (यह 12.5 प्रतिशत  के बराबर है)। भदावरी भैस के दूध में पायी जाने वाली वसा का प्रतिशत देश में पायी जाने वाली भैस की किसी भी नस्ल से अधिक है। भदावरी भैंस तथा भैसा तालिका 1, भदावरी भैस के दूध का औसत संगठन (milk composition)  वसा 8.20 प्रतिशत कुल ठोस तत्व (Total Solids) 19.00 प्रतिशत प्रोटीन (Protein) 4.11 प्रतिशत कैल्सियम 205.72 मि0ग्रा0/ 100 मि0 ली0 फास्फोरस 140.90 मि0 ग्रा0 / 100 मि0 ली0 जिंक 3.82 माइक्रो ग्रा0...