Vision 2020 for ERS, NDRI, KALYANI,

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Vision 2020 for ERS, NDRI, KALYANI,

• Dr. D.K. Sharma
• Head ERS_NDRI Kalyani

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Aim To make scientist more innovative,
creative, realistic, market/ farmer oriented,
sensitive to national poverty problems
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Research Areas/ Projects

• All projects, interdisplinary and inter
  institutional (SAU and State development
  agencies, milk federations, SAC, etc.)

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• To study the economics of indigenous cow farming
  production and processing system at different
  size of herd-holding, and to optimize the system
  for sustainable and organic dairy farming.
• Application of GIS for grassland development, and
  crop fodder cultivation in north eastern (N-E)
  and eastern region including Andaman and Nicobar
  Islands.

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• Developing technology for clean and organic milk
  production at village level with different
  categories of farmers and milkman/ vendors.
• Studies on Model system of integrated indigenous
  cattle milk-production and processing for small,
  marginal and large entrepreneurs/ businessman.

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• Detailed investigation and scale up of
  production, processing, packaging and machinery
  relating to indigenous dairy products based on
  Channa and Khoa.

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• Detailed investigations on the incidence of heavy
  metals, antibiotics, pollutants, residual
  contaminants in milk and milk products and feed /
  fodder in Eastern and North-Eastern region.
• To investigate performance of indigenous milk
  cattle breeds (including yak and Mithun) in
  Eastern and North Eastern region. Selection of
  good milk cattles and multiplication at farm
  level.

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Extension and TOT

• On-farm research/ model village development
• Short term and long duration trainings in dairy
  production and processing

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New Infrastructural Facilities Proposed

• Lab/ Table top models of dairy and food
  processing machines and equipments such as spray
  drier, condensing unit, RO/MF/UF/NF membrane
  module systems, cheese making unit market milk
  unit, UHT plant, etc.)
• Membrane Bioreactor and Bio-fermentors
• HPLC, GLC and Electrophoresis
• Atomic Absorption spectrophotometer (AAS)
• v     Milko-Scanner
• v     Video and Digital camera

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New Infrastructural Facilities Proposed

• Establishment of demonstration cum training units
  of indigenous cow production unit, milk and food
  processing unit, Bee-keeping, Aqua-culture,
  fodder cultivation, mushroom cultivation, rabbit
  rearing unit and duck- farming unit ( to utilize
  the available infrastructure and building
• v     Propose a new KVK for ERS to take up the
  Training and Extension activities in dairy more
  strong in north-eastern region.
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THANKS