Mandate and Objective

Identification, Evaluation, Characterization, Conservation and sustainable Utilization of Livestock and Poultry Genetic Resources. Coordination and capacity building in animal genetic resources management and policy issues.

• To conduct systematic surveys to characterise, evaluate and catalogue farm livestock and poultry genetic resources and to establish their National Data Base.
• To design methodologies for ex situ conservation and in situ management and optimal utilization of farm animal genetic resources.
• To undertake studies on genetic characterisation using modern biological techniques such as molecular cytogenetics, Immunology, DNA Fingerprinting, RFLP analysis etc.
• To conduct training programmes as related to evaluation, characterisation and utilisation of animal genetic resources.