Hon’ble DDG (AS) and ADG (AP&B), ICAR visited livestock units of ICAR-CCARI, Goa

    Dr. Raghavendra Bhatta, Hon’ble Deputy Director General (Animal Science), Dr. G.K. Gaur, Asst. Director General (Animal Production and Breeding) and the delegates of Annual Review Meeting of AICRP on Pig visited livestock and allied units of ICAR-Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute on 20^th September, 2024. Dr. Parveen Kumar, Director, ICAR-CCARI extended a warm welcome to all the dignitaries and briefed about various achievements of the Institute.  Hon’ble DDG took stock of Institute activities and visited various units of dairy cattle, pig, poultry, goat, buffalo as well as fodder unit, Livestock waste valorization system, Jalopchar unit and Nakshatra Garden. He appreciated the overall management of different units and research efforts of the Institute in improving livestock production in the coastal region. ADG (AP&B) also praised the Director and scientists of the Institute for the impactful research achievements in the field of coastal agriculture and livestock farming. During the visit, piglets of the newly released Goya crossbred pig variety were also distributed to the scheduled tribe farmers under the AICRP on Pig.