INDIA, March 11 -- CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University (HPAU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Ashok Kumar Sarial has underlined the importance of goat farming in Himachal Pradesh. While interacting with goat farmers after distributing 21 superior Gaddi breeding bucks to 21 different progressive goat farmers of the state in Palampur today, the Vice-Chancellor said that owing to vast high altitude pastures, goat farming has a bright future in Himachal Pradesh. He said that it can help in doubling the farmers' income.
Prof Sarial said that bucks were provided to the farmers with the objective to bring about overall breed improvement of the existing Gaddi goats. He said that the scientists from the Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, Dr ...