Indian Dairy Assocaition

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Sanjay Choudhary M.V.Sc Scholar, LPM Section, NDRI, Karnal rajsaya07@gmail.com	Yamini M.V.Sc, Animal Genetic Breeding, CVAS, Bikaner, Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner
Nitin Raheja Ph.D., VGO, LPM Section, NDRI, Karnal	M.L. Kamboj Principal Scientist, LPM Section, NDRI, Karnal

ABSTRACT

India is the rich repository of goat genetic resources with 28 recognized breeds with higher proportion of the non-descriptive or mixed breeds. The poor man’s cow i.e. goat has tremendous potential to be projected as the ‘Future Animal’ for the rural and landless farmers under the changing agro-climatic conditions and diminishing resources in India. Therefore, the proper breeding strategy needs to be adopted after recognizing those forces that drives goat production system for high productivity in India.

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