Jamunapari, the milch goat breed of India known for parenting Anglo Nubian breed of Europe. Goat milk is having better digestibility, buffer capacity, alkalinity and therapeutic values. Scientists identified new biopeptides in goat milk having human health benefit.
The mission of ICAR is to develop the poor man’s cow, the goat, as a means of livelihood security, poverty alleviation and employment generation for the smallholders. ICAR scientists emphasized on more lambs per lambing, and successfully developed and propagated Avishaan sheep with high fecundity (2-4 lambs/lambing) for higher mutton production under farmers’ field situation to enhance their income and fulfill protein requirement of the country. The efforts helped to obtain higher body weights at slaughter age besides overall improvement in sheep production system. The sheep husbandry sector contributes nearly 8% of total meat production, and employs nearly 6 million people in the country. India stands Second in wool production in the world.