Annual Review of AICRP on Poultry Breeding and Poultry Seed Project organized
Annual Review Meeting of All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) on Poultry Breeding and Poultry Seed Project (PSP) was held during 13-14 September, 2019 at College of Poultry Production and Management (TANUVAS) at Hosur (Tamil Nadu).
Dr.J.K.Jena, Deputy Director General (Animal Science) graced the occasion as Chief Guest. He appreciated the research work carried out by the participating centres under the scheme and urged upon the scientists to work hard to achieve the target of “Doubling Farmers Income”. Dr.R.S.Gandhi, ADG (AP&B), ICAR, New Delhi emphasized on the need of large scale dissemination of superior backyard poultry by involving entrepreneurs and State Animal Husbandry Departments.
Dr.R.N.Chatterjee, Director, ICAR-Directorate of Poultry Research, Hyderabad, appraised about the genesis of project and its salient achievements. He also presented the action plan for the next five years. The Annual Report for the Year 2018-19 was released during the occasion. Annual Progress made during 2018-19 for the twelve AICRP and twelve PSP Centres were presented by the respective Principal Investigator/ Incharges of the centre. The annual progress was reviewed and suitable suggestions were offered for improvement of the scheme.
Dr.T.Tensingh Gnanaraj, Registrar, TANUVAS participated in the review meeting. Earlier, Dr.K.Mani, Dean, College of Poultry Production and Management, Hosur delivered welcome address. Centre In-charges of 12 AICRP-PB and 12 Poultry Seed Project centres covering different states of the country, scientists from ICAR-DPR, Hyderabad and faculty of CPPM, Hosur participated in the review meeting.
