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IIL is developing vaccines for fisheries sector with a long-term strategic objective of reducing use of antibiotics there by antimicrobial resistance in environment.

Hyderabad based Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL), a leading vaccine manufacturer, has announced partnership with Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA), Bhubaneswar, an Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Institute for the commercial development of vaccine against Hemorrhagic Septicemia, also called Aeromonas Septicemia, Ulcer Disease or Red-Sore Disease in freshwater fish.

IIL ventured into aqua business in October 2022 by launching products for aquaculture health market dealing with pond management and fish or shrimp gut management and subsequently announced commercial development of fish vaccines with ICAR-CIFE. Aquaculture sectors play a vital role in India’s economy and fisheries sector is a means of livelihood for ~28 million people in the country. India is the 3rd largest fish producer in the global sphere and more than 65 per cent of India’s fish is through Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture. The main constraint to aquaculture globally, however, is disease with an estimate that 20 per cent of all cultured aquatic animals are lost because of infectious diseases, amounting to around 10 billion USD in losses annually on a global scale.

Hemorrhagic Septicemia in freshwater fishes is caused by Aeromonas hydrophila, an opportunistic pathogenic bacterium. This infection is the scourge of fresh and brackish water fish farming worldwide and is considered as a significant economic problem in Indian aquaculture over the past decades. All the cultured freshwater fish species in India like rohu, catla, mrigal, silver carp, grass carp, common carp, medium carps, channel catfish, eel, etc. are susceptible to this disease.

Over the years, antibiotics and chemotherapeutants are used for controlling bacterial diseases including A. hydrophila. Now bacterial pathogens have become resistant to these chemicals, when used over an extended period and some chemicals pose environmental health hazards. In this context, vaccination is the most promising and environmentally safe concept for controlling diseases.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr K Anand Kumar, Managing Director, Indian Immunologicals Limited said, “IIL is the first in India to get to fish vaccines. We are aware of the challenges associated with being the first, having been in similar situations for many other livestock vaccines. We are working at multiple-fronts in defining pathways for commercial development of fish vaccines in India”.

Dr. Priyabrata Pattnaik, Deputy Managing Director, Indian Immunologicals Limited added “IIL is committed to developing vaccines for fisheries sector with a long-term strategic objective of reducing use of antibiotics there by antimicrobial resistance in environment, as part of “One Health” initiative”.

Dr. Pramoda Kumar Sahoo, Director of ICAR-CIFA said “Currently there is no fish vaccines available in India on a commercial scale to prevent aquaculture infections. Scientist from CIFA conducted years of research to develop vaccine candidate against Aeromonas Septicemia. I am glad that IIL have come forward for commercial development of this vaccine”.

IIL is developing vaccines for fisheries sector

Agrotech, Dairy, India, Live Stock, Poultry, Start ups, Sustainability

This event brought together entrepreneurs, investors, and industry experts to share their ideas, network

The Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Govt. of India organised a grand start-up Conclave in order to promote the existing and emerging startups in the livestock, dairy and animal husbandry sectors at the Marriott Convention Centre, Hyderabad in close collaboration with the National Dairy Development Board, Startup India, CII and the Animal Husbandry Department of Telangana.

Parshottam Rupala, Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India graced the event with his presence as Chief Guest in the august presence of Dr Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, Minister of State of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying and Dr L. Murugan, Minister of State of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying and T. Srinivas Yadav, Minister for Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Cinematography of Telangana.

This event brought together entrepreneurs, investors, and industry experts to share their ideas, network, and learn from each other. It provided an excellent opportunity to showcase innovative ideas and products and network with fellow entrepreneurs and stakeholders. The event featured keynote speeches by prominent industry leaders, interactive sessions, panel discussions, and presentations by successful start-ups.

Addressing the Conclave, Parshottam Rupala stated that Agriculture diversification through animal husbandry is one of the primary drivers of growth in rural incomes and higher public investment in the Livestock Sector is the need of the hour. The Ministry of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (MoAHD) stands committed to working with all stakeholders to further boost growth in the livestock sector and thereby making animal husbandry more remunerative to farmers and entrepreneurs engaged in the Livestock Sector.

Dr Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, Minister of State of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying also addressed the gathering and highlighted the importance of the livestock sector and Major Challenges of the Livestock Sector in India viz. lower productivity and emerging diseases. The Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying is dovetailing and synergising efforts with other Ministries and stakeholders in order to overcome all these challenges and promote entrepreneurship, technology interventions, digitalisation, innovative ideas etc.

This event brought together entrepreneurs, investors, and

Company News, Environment, India, Nature, People

Symposium held to create awareness on occupational health situations in Agriculture.

UPL, one of the Global Agriculture industry leaders, in association with AIIMS, Hyderabad, Nagpur, and Rajkot along with local Associations of Physicians had organised symposiums to train doctors on Toxicology emergency management. The symposium themed ‘Occupational Health- Agriculture’, aimed at spreading awareness among medical healthcare professionals about occupational health-related hazards in agriculture. It further intended to directly communicate the message to the medical fraternity, especially doctors from primary healthcare centres and district medical hospitals, about the right protocol of diagnosis and treatment whenever required. Over 1200 doctors have been trained so far through these symposiums.

Recently, the symposium was held in association with PDU Medical College, Rajkot and the Association of Physicians of India, with the theme of ‘Occupational Health- Agriculture’.

Speaking at the occasion, HC Kyada, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, PDU Medical College, Rajkot said, “Doctors at Primary level need to differentiate snake bites and other exposures including pesticides for adoption of the required treatment protocol. Most common poisonous cases are cobra bites, snake bite, ecstasy, dhatura, bhang etc. overdose. Different exposures need to be identified for adopting specific treatment protocols. A collaborative effort, in association with a prestigious institution like AIIMS, along with a trained workforce of doctors and health professionals, will certainly go a long way to bring best practices to the medical fraternity, especially working in rural areas.” 

Sagar Kaushik, President, Global Corporate and Industry Affairs, UPL said, “The crop protection industry has introduced environment-friendly crop protection products, including biologicals for pest control and plant health. Also, the expansion of Adarsh Farm Services (AFS) with mechanised machines by UPL has substantially reduced spraying exposure, for spraying workers and farmers, to almost zero levels in the last five to six years. UPL will organise such symposiums nationwide to bring awareness for the safe use of agrochemicals with support from its state medical fraternity”

Poisoning is a significant global public health hazard. The incidence of poisoning in India is among the highest in the world. It is estimated that more than 50,000 people die every year from toxic exposure. Poisoning happens due to several reasons including snakebites, occupational hazards at workplaces such as agriculture. According to a recent study, India accounts for almost 80 per cent of global snakebite deaths. In such situations, it is critical that local PHCs and Doctors are equipped and trained to deal with such toxic emergencies.

The symposium addressed key issues and approaches to toxicology emergencies at PHC and tertiary care hospitals, Pesticides and their medical management, Preventive aspects of toxic emergencies, Initiative from UPL for a safe and preventive approach to pesticide use especially with their Adarsh Farm Services with 3000 mechanised Spraying Machines for the farmers, Pesticide regulations in India, Medico legal aspects of toxic emergencies and more.

Symposium held to create awareness on occupational

Agro Universities, Agrotech, India, Live Stock, R&D

Multi-species facility which can be used for small scale slaughter of pigs, sheep and goat

ICAR – National Research Centre on Meat, Hyderabad develops Portable Meat Production and Retailing Facility – Multispecies (PMART-M). The facility was inaugurated by Dr BN Tripathi, Deputy Director General (AS), ICAR, New Delhi in presence of Dr SB Barbuddhe; Director, ICAR – National Research Centre on Meat, Hyderabad; Dr VK Gupta, Director, ICAR NRC on Pig, Guwahati; Mihir Sarkar, Director, ICAR – NRC on Yak and Dr Girish Patil, S, Director, ICAR – NRC on Mithun.

The facility is highly useful for small scale meat producers. It is a multispecies facility which can be used for small scale slaughter of pigs, sheep and goat. PMART-M has facilities for restraining the animal, stunning, hoisting, dressing above the ground, cutting, packaging and retailing. Further, solution for hygienic disposal of waste has also been provided. Entire waste can be put into the composters and biomethanation plant provided along with PMART-M. Biogas plant produced methane gas which can be used for singeing of the carcass and burning the gas stove.

The solid and liquid fertiliser provided may be used for soil enrichment. Guidelines of FSSAI and PCB have been factored-in while designing the facility. Patent application has been submitted for the invention.

Multi-species facility which can be used for

Agrotech, Animal Health, Company News, Dairy, India, Live Stock

Drone delivery of vaccines is expected to not only reach remote difficult terrains faster but also help in providing critical vaccines on time for the protection of livestock from several diseases.

The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India, Dept of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Government of Arunachal Pradesh, along with Hyderabad-based Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL) and drone service provider came together for the maiden drone flight from Roing to Paghlam in Arunachal Pradesh. Drone delivery of vaccines is expected to not only reach remote difficult terrains faster but also help in providing critical vaccines on time for the protection of livestock from several diseases.

“Pursuing the ‘Medicines from Sky’ initiative, IIL is proud to be part of the history for transporting FMD vaccine (Raksha-Ovac) through drone for the first time in Arunachal Pradesh today, organised by Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India”, tweeted IIL.

Tage Taki, Minister for Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Government of Arunachal Pradesh; Upamanyu Basu, Joint Secretary (LH), Dept of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India; Sujit Nayak, Joint Commissioner (LH), Dept of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India were present along with IIL’s representatives – D Banerjee and Mainak Sen.

Dr K Anand Kumar, Managing Director, Indian Immunologicals Limited, expressed great hope for further technological intervention in making vaccines available to remote locations in the country. With this, IIL has amply demonstrated the delivery of “medicines from the sky”.

Indian Immunologicals Limited headquartered in Hyderabad, India is one of the largest producers of vaccines in Asia. IIL has multiple GMP manufacturing sites and exports to over 50 countries.

Drone delivery of vaccines is expected to

Agrotech, Animal Health, Company News, Live Stock

IIL’s intended new facility, in Genome Valley Phase 3, will add another 300 million doses/annum of FMD vaccine to its capacity.

Hyderabad-based Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL) announced that the company will invest about Rs 700 Crores to set up a new animal vaccine manufacturing facility in Genome Valley, Hyderabad – the “Vaccine Hub of the World”, to meet the vaccine security of the nation against economically important diseases such as Foot and Mouth disease (FMD) and other emerging diseases. The facility will create total employment for around 750 people.

IIL, a subsidiary National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) is already one of the largest manufacturers of FMD vaccine in the world and is the leading supplier of FMD vaccine to the Government of India’s National Animal Disease Control Programme (NADCP). IIL is investing in a new greenfield project for the establishment of a Veterinary Vaccine Facility for manufacturing of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccine and other animal vaccines. The facility is intended to be a state-of-art fully integrated biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) for Drug substance (DS) production and respective fill-finish.

IIL’s intended new facility, in Genome Valley Phase 3, will add another 300 million doses/annum of FMD vaccine to its capacity. The existing facility in Gachibowli already has a capacity of 300 million doses. Production is scheduled to commence in the 3rd year.

All of these activities will be located in Genome Valley, which is India’s first organized cluster for Life Sciences R&D and Clean Manufacturing activities, with world-class infrastructure facilities in the form of Industrial / Knowledge Parks, Special Economic Zones (SEZs), Multi-tenanted dry and wet laboratories and incubation facilities. It is home to more than 200 companies with a scientific workforce of about 15,000 professionals including presence of the marquee global names like Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline, Ferring Pharma, Chemo, DuPont, Ashland, United States Pharmacopeia, Lonza amongst many others including other vaccines manufacturers like Bharat Biotech, Biological E, etc.

Dr. K. Anand Kumar, Managing Director, IIL mentioned, “IIL is on an aggressive growth path and this third vaccine facility in Hyderabad will ensure self-sufficiency for our nation in the field of vaccines and thereby saving the exchequer and farmers several thousands of crores”.

IIL’s intended new facility, in Genome Valley

Agro Universities, Agrotech, India

 MoU will focus on empowering local farming communities of FPOs by increasing business and trade opportunities in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, and Madhya Pradesh

ICAR- Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoU) with Flipkart India Private Limited to enable market access for FPOs and SHGs by procuring quality produce directly from the farmers. 

Dr C. V. Ratnavathi, Director, ICAR-IIMR and Giridhar Perab, Associate Director, Flipkart, Shri Girish Nair, South Zone Head, Flipkart, Dr Srinivas Babu and Dr Sangappa, Scientists of ICAR-IIMR participated in MOU agreement signing.

Through this partnership both the parties will focus on empowering local farming communities of FPOs by increasing business and trade inclusion opportunities for small and marginal farmers of FPOs in four states (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, and Madhya Pradesh) where ICAR-IIMR is acting as CBBO. It will create a shared value for all stakeholders and provide better marketing linkages, remunerative prices to small and marginal farmers of FPOs.

ICAR-IIMR in collaboration with Flipkart aims to enable market access to FPOs, by engaging small and marginal farmers with groceries private label business for sourcing requirements and training, capacity building initiatives of FPOs. This shall help, assist and develop, provide knowledge and understanding in regard to quality of produce, quantity, documentation, pricing and licenses requirements and aspects to be part of the ecosystem for the small, marginal farmers of FPOs.

ICAR-IIMR will support Flipkart’s engagement with the FPOs, by providing infrastructure support for training and capacity building activities in the implementation and engagement of the program with their available resources.

 MoU will focus on empowering local farming

Agro chems – Fertilizers, Agrotech, Company News, India

The Dun & Bradstreet Corporate Awards 2022 were presented across 30+ categories including sectoral, growth-based and special award categories.

Hyderabad based Coromandel International Limited, India’s leading Agri solutions provider in the business of Fertilisers, Crop Protection, Bio Pesticides, Specialty Nutrients, Organic Fertilizer and Retail, has been recognised as the Top Performer in the fertilisers segment by the jury of Dun & Bradstreet Corporate Awards 2022. Coromandel is also part of Dun & Bradstreet’s list of India’s Top 500 companies.

Sameer Goel, Managing Director, Coromandel International Limited received the prestigious award on behalf of the company at the hands of Avinash Gupta, Managing Director & CEO, Dun & Bradstreet.

Speaking on the achievement, Sameer Goel said, “We are delighted to be featured amongst the top performing corporates by Dun & Bradstreet. This is a recognition of our continuous efforts towards improving the shareholders’ value and conducting operations in a sustainable manner. Our Corporate Governance practices are based on transparency and accountability. We are committed towards farmers welfare and with our diversified presence across the agri value chain, we continuously engage with the farmers in developing novel agriculture solutions and integrated farming practices to maximise farm productivity. Our factories operate well within the Environmental norms and we have established a bird sanctuary in 350 acres at our Kakinada plant which has been recognised by UNDP. We are pioneers in ESG in our sector and will continue to strengthen the same.”

For more than a decade now, the Dun & Bradstreet Corporate Awards have been commemorating the outstanding performers among Indian Corporates. The Dun & Bradstreet Corporate Awards 2022 were presented across 30+ categories including sectoral, growth-based and special award categories. Only companies forming part of the Dun & Bradstreet ‘India’s Top 500 Companies’ publication in 2022 were in contention for these Awards.

The Dun & Bradstreet Corporate Awards 2022

Agro Universities, Agrotech, R&D

 The webinar was organised as part of global efforts to mainstream climate action and sustainable practices.

To develop actions to mitigate climate change-induced risks in agriculture, a panel of experts shared their global experiences and reflected on the required policies and alliances towards building climate-resilient and sustainable agri-food systems at a webinar organized by the British Deputy High Commission, Hyderabad and ICRISAT.

The webinar on “Policies and Development Actions for Mainstreaming Climate-Resilient and Sustainable Agriculture” was organized as part of global efforts to mainstream climate action and sustainable practices.The webinar was a part of a series of events that the British Deputy High Commission, Hyderabad plans to deliver over the next few months in the post-United Nations Climate Change Conference (CoP26) context focusing on specific outcomes from the summit.

Although multiple local and global stakeholders are increasingly working towards building resilience in agri-food systems, experts shared how current adaptation efforts to address this challenge from a systems perspective are not unified or well-integrated into development plans and actions.

Steering the discussion, Dr Jacqueline Hughes, Director General, ICRISAT, expressed the need to strengthen research policy links and shape coherent local-to-national level agricultural and climate decision-making and policies.

“Strengthened local and national stakeholder networks and capacity on climate action would be key to shaping and expanding risk-informed agricultural development in a changing climate and shift trajectories towards economic, environmental and social goals,” said Dr Hughes.

Elaborating on how the United Kingdom is transforming its agriculture sector to make it more climate-smart, the British Deputy High Commissioner, Hyderabad, Dr Andrew Fleming shared how the nation has sought advice from the Climate Change Committee, an independent, statutory body. ​

Dr Fleming further spoke on ways to strengthen UK-India collaboration to develop cutting-edge technology to build a green, resilient, prosperous future for both nations.

Citing the impact of climate change on crops, Dr Shalander Kumar, Deputy Global Research Program Director, ICRISAT, India, spoke on how climate change also impacts the nutritional quality of crops.

Other panelists Dr Rengalakshmi, Director, Eco-technology, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation and Dr Sabine Homann – Kee Tui, Senior Scientist, Enabling Systems Transformation, ICRISAT, Malawi agreed that there is an urgent need to transform agri-food systems for a new climate reality that exists across multiple scales (local, regional and global), by involving multiple stakeholders and sectors. A total of 95 viewers participated in the webinar.

In his closing remarks, Dr Arvind Kumar, Deputy Director General-Research, ICRISAT, emphasized that linking research practices and policy will be the key to effectively addressing climate change impacts.

 The webinar was organised as part of

Agro Universities, Agrotech, Start ups

The MoA is aimed at supporting the start-ups in the agriculture and allied sector for organising the co-events, co-incubation

The a-IDEA, ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad has signed the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with 10 ICAR Institutes in Hyderabad.

The ICAR’s 10 institutes included ICAR-ATARI, Bengaluru; ICAR-NINFET, Kolkata; ICAR-NIPB, New Delhi; ICAR-DWR, Jabalpur; ICAR-NCIPM, New Delhi; ICAR-NRC on Camel, Bikaner; ICAR-DCFR, Bhimtal, Uttarakhand; ICAR-Research Complex for North-Eastern Hill Region, Umiam, Meghalaya; ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad and ICAR-CIAE, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

The MoA is aimed at supporting the start-ups in the agriculture and allied sector for organising the co-events, co-incubation, value-added services, extending lab facilities and co-networking, etc.

Dr Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary (DARE) & Director General (ICAR) highlighted the importance of leadership development and the way forward for enhancing the institutional performance.

Dr Ch Srinivasa Rao, Director, ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabad underlined the a-IDEA activities and its support to the Start-Ups ecosystem. Dr G Venkateshwarlu, Joint Director, ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabad highlighted that the MoA provides overarching framework for the collaboration in the various Project activities like technical mentoring and providing lab facilities for the Incubates, etc., on mutual interest.

Dr Senthil Vinayagam, CEO, a-IDEA, ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabad was also present during the occasion.

The MoA is aimed at supporting the

Agro Universities, Agrotech, Environment, Sustainability

The seminar registered participation by more than 500 participants

The ICAR-Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad in collaboration with the Karnataka Agri-Professionals Association (KAPA) recently organised a National Seminar-cum-Webinar on ‘Climate Change Concerns: Challenges for Agriculture Sector and Food & Nutrition Security.’

Dr Jaqueline Hughes, Director General, ICRISAT, Patancheru, Telangana delivered the Keynote Address and Dr CL Laxmipathi Gowda, Former Deputy Director General, ICRISAT chaired the inauguration session.
Dr Ramesh Kalghatagi, President, KAPA outlined the functioning of the KAPA.

Dr Himanshu Pathak, Director, ICAR-National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Baramati, Maharashtra delivered the valedictory address on “Emerging Technologies and Innovations for Addressing Climate Change in Agriculture”.

Earlier, delivering the welcome address, Dr Vilas A. Tonapi, Director, ICAR-IIMR, Hyderabad underlined the main objective of the National Seminar-cum-Webinar.
The seminar registered participation by more than 500 participants from ICAR Institutes, ICRISAT, state agricultural universities and private sector companies from all over the country.

The seminar registered participation by more than

Agro Universities, Agrotech

Naidu stressed, the sectors need innovations and use of frontier technologies which can be disseminated through the agri-business professionals

The 4th Graduation Ceremony of Post-Graduate Diploma in Management-Agri Business Management (PGDM-ABM) Programme of ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad was recently held.

M Venkaiah Naidu, Vice-President of India warded the degrees to 144 students from four batches of the Institute. One student from each batch was also awarded with the Director’s Medal for their Outstanding Overall Performances and Gold Medal for their Best Academic Performances by the Vice-President of India. He also accentuated the country could become Aatma Nirbhar only when the agriculture sector continues to grow in the future as well. Naidu stressed, the sectors need innovations and use of frontier technologies which can be disseminated through the agri-business professionals.

The Guest of Honour, Dr Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary (DARE) & Director General (ICAR) commended the PGDM-ABM Programme of the Academy which not only achieved 100 per cent placement; but, also provided the quality manpower to the agri-business industry and start-ups. The academy’s contributions of capacity building of the NARS and Think-Tank Research Policy Development in Agriculture and Food Systems for the country were applauded by the Director General.

Earlier, welcoming the dignitaries, Dr Ch Srinivasa Rao, Director, ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabad underlined the institute’s overall achievements of skill development, education programmes, placement activities, international training and policy development covering all the sub-sectors of agriculture.

Naidu stressed, the sectors need innovations and

Agro Universities, AgroPolicy, Poultry

Discussions were held on the role of poultry industry and its contributions to the national economy.

The ICAR-Directorate of Poultry Research, Hyderabad recently organised a national seminar on ‘Revisiting Poultry Production and Marketing Systems for Addressing the Fast Changing Consumer Preferences’ in Hyderabad. The seminar was organised in collaboration with the Indian Poultry Science Association, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Chapter.

The Chief Guest, Dr G Ranjith Reddy, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), Chevella Constituency, Telangana urged that the deliberations should focus on highlighting the health benefits of egg and chicken meat. He urged the industry to stay strong in the marketing, publicising and advertising their products. Dr Reddy also encouraged the young veterinary graduates for venturing into the poultry sector that has a lot of opportunities.

The Guest of Honor, Dr V Ravinder Reddy, Vice Chancellor, PV Narsimha Rao Telangana Veterinary University, Hyderabad emphasised on the need for supporting the poultry farmers by providing the feed ingredients on time at a reasonable cost.

Earlier, welcoming the dignitaries, Dr RN Chatterjee, Director, ICAR-DPR, Hyderabad underlined the role of poultry industry and its contributions to the national economy.

The scientists from ICAR-DPR, Hyderabad along with officials, staff and students from the veterinary university, poultry entrepreneurs and industry representatives from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana; officials from the Animal Husbandry Department and Members of IPSA-Telangana State and Andhra Pradesh Chapter participated in the seminar.

Discussions were held on the role of

Agro Universities, Poultry

The ICAR-Directorate of Poultry Research, Hyderabad organises the seminar

The ICAR-Directorate of Poultry Research, Hyderabad recently organised a National Seminar on ‘Revisiting Poultry Production and Marketing Systems for Addressing the Fast-Changing Consumer Preferences’ in Hyderabad. The seminar was organised in collaboration with the Indian Poultry Science Association, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Chapter.

The Chief Guest, Dr G Ranjith Reddy, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), Chevella Constituency, Telangana urged that the deliberations should focus on highlighting the health benefits of egg and chicken meat. He urged the industry to stay strong in marketing, publicising and advertising the products. Dr Reddy also encouraged the Young Veterinary Graduates for venturing into the poultry sector which has a lot of opportunities.

The Guest of Honor, Dr V Ravinder Reddy, Vice Chancellor, PV Narsimha Rao Telangana Veterinary University, Hyderabad emphasised on the need for supporting the poultry farmers by providing the feed ingredients on time at a reasonable cost.

Earlier, welcoming the dignitaries, Dr RN. Chatterjee, Director, ICAR-DPR, Hyderabad underlined the role of the poultry industry and its contributions to the national economy.

The scientists from ICAR-DPR, Hyderabad along with officials, staff & students from the veterinary university, poultry entrepreneurs and industry representatives from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana; Officials from the Animal Husbandry Department and Members of IPSA-Telangana State and Andhra Pradesh Chapter participated in the seminar.

The ICAR-Directorate of Poultry Research, Hyderabad organises