News Letter

Abstract

The Central Avian Research Institute, dedicated to bring a demand-driven and technology-led revolution in the poultry sector to meet the challenges of sustainable nutritional and income security of Indian farmers. Access to improved knowledge and technology may affect the poultry farming response among different stake holders. From last few decades, poultry farming is gradually becoming technology intensive venture that can be fruitful only by having strong working and interactive linkages among the stakeholders and end user of technology with appropriate institutional support. Apart from cutting edge research, concerted efforts would be made to transform the lab research to be more sensitive and effective according to the needs of the farming community. For this, we engage ourselves in popularizing poultry farming by offered extension services to farmers, development agents and industry persons with respect to theoretical and practical aspects of poultry production, management, health care, value-addition etc. Background information regarding various available technologies proposed for transfer in order to create a clear understanding of the pros and cons of these technologi esamong the poultry producers and to build their confidence and guide their choice to make the poultry farming a profitable enterprise.