CRIJAF SONA Brings Golden Glory for Jute Fibre
Jute is one of the important commercial fibre crop grown by majority of the small and medium farmers of West Bengal.This fibre crop is very special to them as its harvesting time coincides with the Great festival of Durga Puja .Retting is one of the crucial operation that determines the quality of jute and subsequently […]
Intensive Lamb Rearing for Maximizing Mutton Production
Intensive feeding protocols for lambs on (i) complete feed consists of roughage and concentrates mixture in ratio of 50:50 or (ii) free grazing and ad libitum concentrate mixture supplementation for mutton production has been developed for attaining finishing weight of 33.0 kg at 6 month of age in lambs of native breeds. The venture is found to […]
Chokla, The Best Carpet Wool Breed
Chokla sheep has been improved through intensive selection for fine carpet wool production. It produces 2.4 kg wool per annum with average fiber diameter of around 30m and medullation of around 30%. The staple length of more than 6.0 cm makes it ideally suitable for carpet. his breed is distributed in Churu, Jhunjhunu, Sikar andbordering […]
Malpura, A Promising Breed for Mutton Production
Malpura, an indigenous sheep for mutton has been improved through intensive selection. Body weight at six month of age has been improved from 13.84 kg in 1974-75 to 25.74 kg in 2010-11. High genetic merit rams are being supplied to the farmers for genetic improvement of animals in the breed tract. The improvement in the […]
SRRC, Mannavanur organized a “Broiler Rabbit Farmers – Scientists Interface Meet”
The Southern Regional Research Centre of ICAR-CSWRI, Mannavanur organized a Farmer-Scientist interface on 19.03.02022 (Saturday) at the Conference Hall of the prestigious Madras Veterinary College, Vepery, Chennai – 7. The event was attended by 68 Broiler Rabbit rearing farmers belonging to Chennai, Vellore, Kanchipuram, Chengalpattu, Pondicherry, Tiruvallur, Villupuram, Cuddalore and Kallakurichi districts. Even though the […]
Institute Diamond Jubilee Year Celebration and Farmer Fair
Honorable Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Kailash Choudhary inaugurated ‘Institute Diamond Jubilee Year Celebration and Farmer Fair’ on 4th January, 2022 at CSWRI, Avikanagar. Progressive Farmers, women, artisans, sheep rearers, agriculture and veterinary students from different parts of the state, participated enthusiastically in the event. On this occasion, Hon’ble chief guest […]