As many as 1500 top breed cattle of Haryana worth Rs 750 crore would be showcased at the three-day long state level livestock exhibition fair to be held at district Jhajjar .
“The fair will be held from December 21 to 23. About 25,000 farmers would participate in this fair,” said Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister, OP Dhankar while talking to the mediapersons here on Wednesday.
He said that Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Parshottam Rupala would inaugurate the fair on first day while on the second day, Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat would be present. Similarly on the third day, Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Krishan Pal would be the chief guest.
Dhankar said that 53 categories of cattle including buffaloes, cows, horses, camels, sheep and goats would be displayed in this fair.
The best livestock would be given cash prize of Rs 2.5 lakh followed by Rs one lakh to runner-up besides giving other prizes of Rs 25,000, Rs 21,000 and Rs 11,000 to other categories, he said.
The Minister said that the State Government has been working to promote indigenous breeds and to bring state at top position in terms of milk production.
The Livestock Exhibition Fair of Haryana is the best cattle fair in the country where people can sale and purchase cattle, Dhankar said.
Stalls would be put up in the fair by different organisations related to Animal Husbandry Department to make farmers aware about different schemes. Also, milk parlour would be displayed in the exhibition, he said.
Apart from this, seminars would also be organised to provide information of modern techniques and activities of livestock through specialists in the field of animal husbandry sector, he added.
About various initiatives of the State Government, Dhankar informed that a memorandum of understanding has been signed with Brazil to produce high breed cattle through surrogate concept by adopting embryo Technology. An MoU had also been signed with Israel to increase per cattle milk production so that assistance could be sought from them in genetics, temperature control, feed and technology, he said.
A Centre of Excellence is being established at Hisar with assistance of Israel which would completely change the livestock form, he added.