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Aneet Kour
Ph.D. Scholar, Animal Genetics and Breeding Division, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal (Haryana)
aneetk25@gmail.com		Atish Kumar Chakravarty
Former Principal Scientist and Head, Animal Genetics and Breeding Division, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal (Haryana)
ak_chakravarty@yahoo.co.in
Varinder Singh Raina
Senior Research Fellow, Animal Nutrition Division, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal (Haryana)
varinderraina07@gmail.com		Poonam Ratwan
Scientist, Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar
punam.ratwan@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

India is endowed with some of the world’s finest buffalo germplasm. Indian buffaloes are comparatively more efficient than cattle and are a major source of income for the rural households. Time and again, several initiatives have been taken by central and state governments and various institutions to improve buffalo population of the country, however there are constraints that remain to be addressed. A multi pronged strategy involving strengthening the semen production, adoption of assisted reproductive techniques, boosting milk processing and community based initiatives, needs to be devised so that buffalo farming yields greatest economic dividends to the rural households.
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