AICRP on Poultry Breeding

All India Coordinated Research Project on POULTRY BREEDING (Rural Poultry Production) is one of the prestigious project run by ICAR-Directorate of Poultry Research, Hyderabad as lead centre with twelve numbers of centres through out the country. ICAR-AICRP on Poultry Breeding, Assam Agricultural University, Khanapara, Guwahati centre is one of them operated under the Directorate of Research (Veterinary), Assam Agricultural University, Khanapara.

ü Main Objectives of the project:

1. Development of location specific chicken varieties of chicken as per the choice of rural farmers’ of Assam

2. Procurement, conservation and improvement of Daothigir breed.

ü Date of commencement of project: 18^th May, 2009

ü Principal Investigator of the Project: 

Dr. Mihir Sarma, Scientist, Directorate of Research (Vety), AAU, Khanapara

 Co-Principal Investigator of the Project: 

Dr Arundhati Phukan, Assoc. Professor, Deptt. of AGB, CVSC

Dr Rafiqul Islam, Assistant Professor, Deptt. of Poultry Science, CVSC

ü Strains maintained under the project:

Indigenous, PB-2, PB-2 ´ Indigenous, Dahlem Red , PB-2 ´ Indigenous ´ Dahlem Red (Kamrupa) and Daothigir

 ü “KAMRUPA”

AICRP on Poultry Breeding, AAU, Khanapara, Guwahati has developed Kamrupa variety of chicken, a dual purpose multi-coloured bird for rural poultry production and was released on 15-02-2015

 · The PB-2 male is crossed with indigenous female.

· The male of crossbred (PB-2 x Indigenous) is crossed with DahlemRed female to produced Kamrupa.

ü Kamrupa Germplasm Supply during the FY 2023-24:  46,211 numbers ( DOC- 31,423 & Hatching egg 14,788)

Farmers Benefitted during the FY 2023-24: 348 numbers