From Bhutan to Kangayam to learn about a cattle breed
The Kangayam region, home of renowned Kangayam cattle breed, had 14 surprise visitors from Bhutan a few days ago.
Sent
by the Bhutanese government, they were livestock scientists and
veterinarians from National Biodiversity Centre and from Department of
Livestock and Agriculture, both under the Ministry of Agriculture and
Forests of Royal Government of Bhutan.
Purpose of the
visit was to understand the breeding techniques of the elegant native
Kangayam cattle and to study more about its dung and urine, which
possess immense properties as organic fertiliser, considering that
Bhutan is one of the profound propagators of organic farming practices
in the world.
For that the entourage visited
Senaapathy Kangayam Cattle Research Foundation (SKCRF) in Kangayam, the
organisation involved in in-situ conservation and breeding of
genetically pure Kangayam cattle for the last six decades and interacted
with the experts in the Foundation as well as the local farmers.
Korangadu
The
foreign delegation also visited Korangadu, a typical grazing area for
the Kangayam cattle, containing 29 types of typical shrubs and trees
which is referred by United Nations as “globally important agricultural
heritage system”.
K.S.M. Karthikeya, managing trustee of the SKCRF, told
The Hindu
that the visit of the Bhutanese delegation turned to be fruitful for the
local Kangayam cattle farmers and breeders too as they came to know
more about the Nublang/Thrabum variety (Nublang is the male and Thrabum
is female), a genetically unique cattle breed found in Bhutan.
Before
leaving, Gonam Tsubsho and Santa Dir Tamang, who led the Bhutanese
team, said that a set of farmers would be sent from Bhutan to Kangayam
soon so as to get trained on the application of Kangayam cattle’s dung
and urine in agriculture in appropriate cycles and mixtures.
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