Author: Dr Saket Kumar Niranjan
IN FOCUS: ICAR-NBAGR, KARNAL From its humble beginnings, the ICAR-NBAGR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research-National Bureau of AnimalGenetic Resources) has emerged as a leader in the management of animal genetic resources, identifying unique genetic characteristics of indigenous animals for their sustainable conservation and utilisation for generations to come. India possesses a vast Animal Genetic Resource (AnGR) diversity distributed over a large range of geographical, ecological and climatic regions with 536.8 million livestock and 851.8 million poultry. Diverse animal species like zebu cattle, riverine buffalo, swamp buffalo, sheep, goat, pig, horse, donkey, camel, yak, mithun, chicken, duck and geese have natively…