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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: 18th 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
