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About ICAR-NBAGR
ICAR-National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR), one of the six Bureaus under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has been established in 1984, with a mission to protect and conserve indigenous farm Animal Genetic Resources (AnGR) for sustainable utilization and livelihood security in the country. With the specific mandate - 1) Identification, evaluation, characterization, conservation and utilization of livestock and poultry genetic resources of the country; and 2) Coordination and capacity building in animal genetic resources management and policy issues; the Bureau has a number of activities including conducting survey to explore and characterize new potential populations, further document and register such populations; prioritization and conservation of indigenous breeds, identifying unique traits and their evaluation and utilization, encompassing all states.
As an animal Bureau of the country, it also coordinates with various national and international agencies including the UN’s Food & Agriculture Organization, pertaining to the AnGR. It is also a nodal agency for UN’s Sustainable Development Goal(SDG) 2 Indicator 2.5.1 and 2.5.2.
Director's Message
Dr. N.H.Mohan
India is endowed with rich livestock wealth consisting of 536.8 million livestockand 851.8 million poultry (BAHS, 2023) and contributes significantly to the Gross Value Addition of the economy. Since time immemorial, the livestock rearing remained as one of the most important economic activities in the rural areas of the country supporting food security and livelihood. The importance of livestock sector has further increased as can be observed from the steadily increasing annual growth rate of around 6% at constant prices, contribution to the Indian Agriculture and Indian Economy with a share of about 30.47% in Agriculture & Allied Sector's GVA and 4.75% in the country's total GVA, respectively.
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Mission Towards Zero Non-Descript AnGR of India
The Bureau initiated the “Mission towards Zero Non-Descript AnGR of India’ on 11th August, 2021. Under the Mission, NBAGR organised State Interface Meets with various stakeholders including Animal Husbandry Deptartment, State Agricultural/Veterinary Universities, Livestock Development Boards/Biodiversity Boards/ NGOs of the states to sensitize them for documentation of AnGR in the respective states. Interface Meets for almost all the states and Union Territories (UT's) has been competed under the mission. Institutional projects were initiated for survey and documentation of AnGR in various states in collaboration with state stakeholders. Total 18 projects under the mission encompass almost all the states and UT's of the country. Bureau scientists surveyed states and UT's to explore and identify new homogenous populations of livestock, poultry and dog.
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