World Bank Assisted Tamil Nadu Irrigated Agriculture Modernization Project (TN IAMP)

Animal Husbandry Department is one of the line departments involved in the implementation of World Bank Assisted Tamil Nadu Irrigated Agriculture Modernization Project. Animal husbandry activities are implemented in 47 sub-basins covering 34 districts at a total outlay of Rs.38.94 crore over a period of 7 years.The main objective of Animal Husbandry Department under the project is to improve the per animal milk production and production of high merit heifer calves.

The main animal husbandry activities implemented are:

1. Formation of Dairy Interest Groups

• Dairy Interest Groups – 124 Nos.
• Total Farmers – 3100 Nos.

2. Demonstrations through DIGs on:

• Calf Management (No. of female calves)
  • Periodical Deworming – 35496
  • Mineralized Salt Licks – 35494
• Mastitis Management (No. of cows)
  • Mastitis Prevention – 41817
  • Mastitis Treatment – 15133
• Infertility Management
  • Fertility Camps - 5686 Nos.
  • Programmed Breeding – 54660 animals
• Fodder Development
  • Distribution of Fodder Seeds like cholam, maize, cowpea and agathi- 6233 Ha.

3. Increasing mobile artificial insemination coverage by using :

• Conventional frozen semen straws – 896811 animals
• Sex Sorted frozensemen straws – 9139 animals
• Genomic frozensemen straws – 37111 animals

By the above activities,

• 2.56 lakh farmers have been benefitted
• 1.64 lakh high merit heifer calves have been produced.
• Milk yield increased by 1.2 litres per animal.