Book of Extended summaries ISDA

International Conference on Reimagining Rainfed Agro-ecosystems: Challenges & Opportunities
during 22-24, December 2022 at ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad
T2-32P
A Review Article on Comparative Performance of Vanaraja and Indigenous
Chicken under Backyard System of Rearing
Nunni Tayeng, Neeta Lengjam, S. M. Hussain and R.K. Salam*
KVK-East Siang, CHF, CAU, Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh, India
* rubu28903@gmail.com
Silluk is an interior most village of East Siang district with a 27 0 43 ’_ 29 0 20 ’ N latitude and94 0
42 ’ -95 0 35 ’ E longitude with an elevation from 130 to 752 MSL. The population is nonvegetarian
and prefers meat products in the diet. Furthermore, though indigenous birds are
hardy, resistant to common avian disease and adopt well in adverse climatic condition, their
productivity is much lower due to poor genetic potential, hence reducing the market potential
as well as opportunity for extra income. Keeping these points in view KVK East Siang under
NICRA project initiated an intervention of introducing backyard poultry rearing with Vanaraja,
a dual-purpose high yielding chicken developed by Project Directorate of Poultry, Hyderabad
and successfully introduced in various parts of our country. The information on performance of
the Vanaraja against indigenous birds in backyard rearing system is scarce and disorganized
for the north eastern region, especially for subtropical regions like that of Silluk village in East
Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh. However, KVK-East Siang, has successfully conducted
Front Line demonstrations on Vanaraja birds in backyard systems in villages of East Siang
District (APR; 2015-2016, 2016-2017 and 2019-2020) concluded farmers showed great
satisfaction for Vanaraja Bird and also recommended to be popularized in every villages of the
district. Additionally, in the state of Assam some comparative performance of Vanaraja and
indigenous chicken under backyard system studies have revealed that overall mean body
weight, egg production and egg weights were significantly higher in Vanaraja in compare to
indigenous birds. Also, in states like Nagaland and Mizoram with similar sub-tropical agroecosystem,
the studies to analyze the backyard poultry production system practiced by the
tribal farmers found that the traditional free range poultry production can possibly be improved
through the use of dual-purpose birds like Vanaraja. All these studies show that the present
intervention to be concluded in Silluk Village has a promising result to look forward to.
Directed Seeded Rice: Prospects, Constraints and Researchable Issue
T2-33P
Satyendra Pal Singh and Awdhesh Singh
RVSKVV-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Lahar (Bhind) M.P.
Rice (Organ Sativa) is one of the most important food crops in the world and staple food for
more than 50 percent of the global population. Being the major sources of food after wheat, it
meets 43 percent of calorie requirement of more than two third of the Indian population. In
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Ecosystem based approaches for climate change adaptation, ecosystem services, integrated farming system models, Land
degradation neutrality