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Developing
countries like India are faced with
the challenge to increase the agricultural
productivity not only to reduce the
human hunger, but also to meet the
demand for nutritious food for the
growing populations. Animal husbandry
is the important sub-sector of agriculture
in the country, which is playing the
most important role in the livelihood
of rural poor. Among the animal husbandry,
piggery not only acts as an insurance
coverage for the rural poor, but also
it can contribute significantly in
narrowing the growing demand for animal
protein. Pork is the most popular
meat consumed in the world today and
about 36 % of the world meat consumption
is derived from pork and pork products.
Despite the significant potential
for pigs to contribute to the improvement
of livelihood of rural poor and also
to meet the demand for animal protein,
pig population in India is considerably
low. Therefore, the National Research
Centre (NRC) on pig established by
the Indian council of Agricultural
Research, New Delhi has to undertake
basic, strategic and applied research
in the areas of pig production and
health
to evolve technologies for sustainable
pig production and transfer of the
technologies to the client
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groups to increase the pig production
in the country. Techniques of modern
biology such as molecular cloning
of genes, gene transfer, genetic manipulation
of pig, chemical and biological treatment
of low quality animal feeds for improved
nutritive value, genetically engineered
immunodiagnostic and immunoprophylactic
agents and transgenic pig etc are
a reality today and are finding their
ways into research and development
programmes. NRC on pig has already
achieved in genetic improvement of
indigenous pigs through selective
breeding and cross breeding, improving
physiological and reproductive efficiency
of pig, developing suitable techniques
for early pregnancy diagnosis and
pig health management and on value
addition of pork etc. It is hoped
that NRC on pig will be the centre
of excellence on pig production and
health and I am grateful to the ICAR,
New Delhi for giving me the opportunity
to serve this esteemed Institute as
the Director from 1st January 2013.
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