MOBILE VETERINARY UNIT

Mobile Veterinary Unit was launched by Sj. Naveen Patnaik, Hon’ble Chief Minister, Odisha at Umri in the District of Koraput

1 0 5 n u m b e r s o f M o b i l e

Veterinary Units are operating in

Odisha.

Inaccessible and remote areas

are covered mainly in tribal dominated

districts to provide door step veterinary

services to livestock owners like:

?Breeding, Feeding & Husbandry

?Health Care Management

?Advisory Services

The MVU runs for 20 days in a

month and moves on the fixed date to a

village as per the monthly route chart.

The information relating to

major schemes of the Department are

displayed in the vehicle for wider

publication among the farmers.

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CALF REARING SCHEME

Calf of Smt. Malati Giri of Panchughatanta, in the district of Balasore benefited under Calf Rearing Scheme attained early motherhood and now yielding 6 lts of milk per day

Calf Rearing Scheme has been

introduced in Odisha from 2010-11 to

cover cross- bred female calves born out

of frozen semen artificial insemination.

One Lakh female calves will be

supported under this scheme within 5

years

The Scheme aims at creating

asset in the form of cross-bred female

cows at the farmers’ level and enabling

them to practice proper care and

management. Assistance will be in the

form of:- =Balanced calf feed ( 4 to 28 months)=Insurance=Deworming and Vaccination

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“KALYANI” PROJECT THROUGH BAIF FOUNDATION

Programme Operators of Bolangir District provides artificial insemination service for cattle and buffaloes at the door step of the farmers

Under Cattle Development

programme, 100 numbers of Cattle

Development Centers have been

established in 10 districts. Artificial

Insemination for cattle and buffaloes is

provided at door step of the farmers.

Demonstrat ion on fodder

cultivation, feeding management,

enrichment of feed and advisory services

on dairy management are carried out at

village level.

An Integrated Livestock Development Programme named 'KALYANI' is being

implemented in collaboration with BAIF Research Development Foundation, Pune in 14

districts of our State.

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“KALYANI” PROJECT THROUGH BAIF FOUNDATION

Field Guides selected from the community members are attending an orientation training programme.

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Goat development programme

in twenty five identified Goat

Development Centers in five districts

is implemented. Genetic upgradation

of local goats, health control measures

a l o n g w i t h d e m o n s t r a t i o n

programme on pricing based on live

weight has been taken up to facilitate

more profitability at village level.

Under goat development

programme, Farmers' awareness on

ideal housing of goat (Bhadi shed) and

other scientific care and management

practices are demonstrated.

INTEGRATED FODDER PRODUCTION & FEEDING MANAGEMENT

Anjan Ku. Gochhayat of Korada, Nayagarh has cultivated maize in 0.50 acre during Kharif-2012 with assistance under RKVY ‘integrated fodder production’ & used for feeding of 8 dairy CB cows

Under RKVY, this scheme is

operational in the entire state in

cluster approach in dairy intensive

pockets around Dairy Cooperative

Societies for promoting fodder

development activities. One lead

farmer from each cluster is trained to

organize farmer field school at the

village level on various farming and

feeding practices.

Farmers are supplied with the

inputs for demonstration and other

c o m p o n e n t s u n d e r f e e d i n g

management to reduce the cost of

production. Provision of feed

trough, Chaff cutter, crop residue

enrichment, on farm production of

nutrient rich material like Azolla are

made.

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ANIMAL HEALTH CAMPS AT GRAMPANCHAYAT LEVEL

Grampanchayat level Animal Health Camp at Badhegaon, Boudh on dt.27.09.12

Infertility treatment camps are

being conducted in selected dairy

intensive areas. Two health camps are

organized in each dairy intensive

Grampanchayat in a year. Reproductive

health care, treatment of repeaters and

controlled breeding is focused in the

camp.

Awareness and dissemination of

information on balanced feeding,

breeding, preventive health care for

dairy animals are made. Advise on care

and management practices for reducing

infertility problems in dairy cows are

given by experts through interaction

with farmers.

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DEWORMING CAMP FOR SMALL ANIMAL

Small Animal Deworming camp at Sukinda, Jajpur

Deworming camps for small

animal are conducted in camp mode

at six months interval with broad

spectrum anthelminthic along with

s u p p o r t i v e t h e r a p y l i k e

supplementation of vitamin and

minerals .

Preventive vaccination against

contagious diseases are also carried out

after routine deworming of Small

Animals. The camp has helped in

significant growth of body weight

thereby benefitted numbers of poor

farmers of the State.

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CAPACITY BUILDING OF AH SERVICE PROVIDERS

Inception Workshop for organizing Training of Vets and Paravets through Department of Personnel Training (DoPT)

Under Training for All: Intensive

Training with DoPT assistance 274

Veterinary Doctors and 800 Paravets

from 17 selected districts are trained on

Small Animal Management and Social

Mobilization .

The training manual along with

Flip Chart and reference booklet were

developed for training of Veterinary

doctors and Paraveterinarians in a

standard and uniform manner.

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ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT THROUGH STATE AGRICULTURE POLICY

Workshop with 84 Dairy and Poultry Entrepreneurs organized on 6th March 2012 during the celebration of Entrepreneurship week

Under Agriculture Policy 2008, 41 dairy units, 191 broiler units, 6 layer units, 13 goatery units and 10 composite farms are established during last three years and availed total capital investment subsidy of Rs. 931.32 lakhs. Agriculture Promotion and Investment Corporation of Odisha (APICOL) Ltd. acts as Single Window Clearance Agency for the incentives provided by State Government under Agriculture Policy.

APICOL is the nodal agency r e s p o n s i b l e f o r p r o m o t i o n o f commercial agriculture in the state by way of rendering various services such as technical guidance, training of entrepreneurs, dissemination of information regarding the scope of commercial and export oriented agriculture in the state and preparing bankable project report for agri entrepreneurs

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ANIMAL BIRTH CONTROL PROGRAMME IN DOGS

Kennel with housing capacity for 120 nos of dogs constructed in Veterinary Dispensary campus at State Capital, Sahid Nagar, Bhubaneswar

Government of Odisha has formed a State Level Co-ordination Committee for control and prevention of Rabies in the s ta te under the Chairmanship of Commissioner- Cum – Secretary, Housing & Urban Development Department. The stray dogs are caught everyday by trained personnel in selected cities in order to control stray dog population into an ecological balance through surgical intervention.

Facilities for operation (Spaying &

Neutering) & immunization against

rabies for 480 dogs per month is

available at Sahid Nagar, Bhubaneswar.

During the last three year efforts have

been taken to sterilize 4530 numbers of

dogs (1157 male dogs, 3373 bitches) in

most scientific manner.

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RURAL BACKYARD POULTRY THROUGH OCTMP

Kunjalata Mahanta & Bhabani Mahanta of Mayurbhanj District have successfully reared poultry birds with OCTMP assistance

O r i s s a C o m m u n i t y T a n k

Management Project (OCTMP) has

trained 373 numbers of women

vaccinators for six days at Central

Poultry Development Organization,

Govt. of India and supplied equipments

for vaccinating village poultry birds.

Demonstration units on ideal

housing and management of coloured

birds (Vanaraj) are also set up with a

support of Rs. 3000/- per unit under the

project.

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LIVELIHOOD SUPPORT UNDER ICZMP

Need assessment workshop to identify and prioritize alternate livelihood through livestock and poultry rearing

I n t e g r a t e d C o a s t a l Z o n e

Management Project (ICZMP) is a

continuous and iterative process

designed to promote sustainable

management of coastal zones. Project

provides a means to accept and bring

together different objectives for coastal

areas in such an order that multiple

soc ia l , economic , cu l tura l and

environmental goals can be achieved.

Orissa Livestock Resources

Development Society is the nodal

agency to support livestock based

livelihood component. Project activity

initiated in the coastal districts of

Odisha. Orientation training along with

dairy and duck farming have started in

Puri and Kendrapara districts.

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IMPROVEMENT OF INDIGENOUS GERMPLASM

Chilika breed of Buffalo possesses unique characteristic of feeding upon the vegetation that grows inside the Chilika lake which has been recognized by Govt. of India

Odisha is having rich domestic animal and bird bio-diversity. Four breeds of cattle and two breeds of buffalo are recognized at national level. Binjharipuri cattle has drawn attention for milk production as well as draftability. Steps have been taken to organize a breeder society. The Society has ident i f ied s ix c lus ters for conservation and breed improvement with farmers’ participation.

The State has also taken steps for

survey and characterization of different

germplasm in cattle, buffalo, sheep and

goat. Physical characterization of Goat

breeds like Ganjam, Ghumusuri, Dalua

etc and sheep breeds like Bolangir, Edka

and Kendrapara has been made.

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LIVESTOCK AID CENTER AT EVERY GRAMPANCHAYAT

One hundred and twenty two trainees are undergoing basic Livestock Inspector course at Livestock Inspector Training Center, Bhanjanagar

There are 6234 Grampanchayats in Odisha. State Govt. has decided to open one Livestock Aid Center at each Grampanchayat to provide basic veterinary services at the grass root level. During last two years, 362 nos. of new Livestock Aid Centers have been functionalized with construction of new building along with other logistic facilities.

State has taken initiatives to expand the capacity of three livestock training institutes for imparting basic training to 150 Livestock Inspectors per annum at each training center. Necessary support for expansion has been availed through Rastriya Krishi Vikash Yojana.

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Major Objectives of the Fisheries Sector·To double the fish production of the State in the coming five years·Tripling the export of marine, brackish & fresh water fin and shellfishes &

other aquatic species from Orissa within five years ·Generating employment & higher income in the fisheries sector ·Improving the socio-economic conditions of traditional fisher folk & fish

farmers ·Increasing the per capita availability & consumption of fish to about national

average of 11 kg per annum as against State average of 8.28 Kg/annum at present

·To acquire self-sufficiency in Inland Sector ·Conservation of aquatic resources & generic diversity

Major Objectives of the Animal Resources Development Sector·Create employment opportunity for 5 lakh farmers in ARD Sector within

10 years. ·Increase milk production from 1.5 million MT to 3 million MT in the next

five years and 4.8 million MT by 2020.·Enhance sale of milk by OMFED to at least from 1 to 1.5 million litres per

day in the next 5 years and 2 million MT by 2020.·Increase Meat production to 110 TMT per annum by 2020.·Increase egg production from 42 lakhs to 100 lakhs eggs per day by 2020.·Increase poultry meat production from 70 TMT to 100 TMT by 2020.·Fodder production 200 lakh tons per annum by 2020.