An interactive meeting for improvement of mithun husbandry practices in Manipur, was held at ICAR-NRC on Mithun, Medziphema with department of Veterinary & Animal Husbandry (Vety&AH), Manipur on December 16.
According to ICAR-NRC on mithun Medziphema, Vikhobeinuo Kiso, a three-member delegation of department of Vety&AH, Manipur led by joint director, Dr. Ng. Ibotombi Singh, accompanied by Dr. Arunkumar Singh and Dr. Bhubaneswar Singh attended the meeting to discuss possible collaboration and technical backstepping from ICAR-NRCM for improving mithun husbandry system in order to increase the dwindling mithun population in Manipur.
Director of ICAR-NRC on mithun, Dr. Abhijit Mitra emphasised on the potential of mithun farming as an alternative means of livelihood and stressed that ICAR-NRCM was the only mithun research station in the world. He agreed to extend technical expertise in project formulation and provide all technical know-how towards scientific mithun rearing.
From ICAR on NRC on Mithun, Dr. N. Haque, Dr. S Toppo, Dr. MH Khan, Dr. Jayanata Cahamuah, Dr. Stephen S. Hanah and Dr. Kubu Khate attended the meeting. The team visited the mithun farm and witnessed the use of mithun bull as draught animal. They also visited the demonstration unit of semi-intensive mithun rearing in the farmer’s field at Molvum village. It was agreed to organise a stakeholder workshop in the month of January at Imphal to promote scientific mithun farming in the state.