News and Announcements

  Director's visit to Hon'ble Governor of Nagaland Shri P.B. Acharya. The Director of ICAR-NRC on Mithun, Medziphema, Dr. Abhijit Mitra was called on the Hon’ble Governor of Nagaland, Shri P.B. Acharyaji at Governor house in Kohima Nagaland today on 23.07.2019. The Director submitted Annual Report of ICAR-NRC on Mithun for the year 2018-19 and apprises the Hon’ble Governor about the various ongoing activities of the Institute. Director, ICAR- NRC on Mithun has also expressed his...

      Interactive Workshop on Management of Open Water Fisheries in Nagaland An interactive workshop on “Open water fisheries management in Nagaland” was held at the conference hall of ICAR-NRC on Mithun, Medziphema on July 19. The workshop was organised by ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore Kolkata in collaboration with Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Government of Nagaland, Kohima & ICAR-NRC on Mithun, Medziphema,...

Senior Veterinary Officials visit NRC on Mithun On 12th July 2019, a delegation of senior officials led by Shri Alan Gonmei, Commissioner & Secy, Dept. of Vety & A. H. Govt. of Nagaland visited ICAR-NRC on Mithun, Medziphema.  It may be recalled that on 11th July 2019 the delegation called on the Hon’ble Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying Shri Giriraj Singh Ji wherein the Hon'ble Union Minister has assured all out support for the development of...

    Distribution of Institute Tribal Sub Plan(TSP) to Khonoma  Village, Kohima on 2nd July 2019. ICAR-NRC on Mithun, Medziphema, Nagaland, led by Dr. Dr. Kezhavituo Vupru(Chief Technical Officer), Dr. Jayanta Kumar Chamuah (Scientist, Veterinary Parasitology) and Dr. Vivek Joshi (Scientist, Veterinary Medicine), has distributed  90 rolls of barb wire, 70 CGI sheets along with gumboots and  raincoats under Institute Tribal Sub Plan(TSP) head, on 2nd July 2019 to...

    Visit of Food and Agriculture of the United Nations team led by Mr. C Konda Reddy(Asst. FAO Rep.) FAO(Food and Agriculture of the United Nations) team lead by Mr. C. Konda Reddy (Assistant FAO Representative), have visited the mithun farm of ICAR-NRC on Mithun, Medziphema, Nagaland,  at 8:30am on 27/06/2019. During this interaction, Dr. S. Mukherjee, Principal Scientist briefly elaborated the mithun farming with research achievement and Dr. S. Toppo, Principal...

    ICAR-NRC on Mithun, Medziphema Nagaland, participated the “Vibrant North East 2019” ICAR-NRC on Mithun, Medziphema Nagaland, participated the “Vibrant North East 2019” to showcase the technology developed by the institute,  organized by Center for Agriculture and Rural Development (CARD) with the support of Ministry of DoNER and Govt. of Manipur, held at Central Agricultural University (CAU) Imphal Manipur on 19th to 21st June 2019.

INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY ICAR-NRC on Mithun celebrated International Yoga Day on June 21, 2019 in the institute’s campus. All staff members participated in this event and different yoga aashans were performed under the able guidance of experts from Patanjali Yoga Kendra, Dimapur.

   Directors of animal science Institutes of ICAR located at North East meeting with Dr. Habibar Rahman, Representative of South Asia of International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), New Delhi. Directors of animal science Institutes of ICAR located at North East had a meeting with Dr. Habibar Rahman, Representative of South Asia of International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), New Delhi on 18th June 2019. ICAR Dr. Abhijit Mitra, Director, ICAR-NRC on Mithun, Nagaland;...

      Mithun Mela cum Farmers-Scientist Interaction held in Porba village, Phek district on 10 thJune 2019. 10th June 2019, Porba village, Nagaland: A continuous decline of forest cover, ever-increasing conflict with crop husbandry and frequent outbreaks of diseases like foot and mouth disease (FMD) has caused dwindling mithun population in Nagaland. In order to create awareness about the scientific rearing and conservation of the unique bovine species, Mithun, ICAR...

               NRC on Mithun Celebrated 31st Foundation Day 8th June, 2019; Medziphema. In the morning several facilities namely, Mithun Bull Shed, Experimental Sheds and Fencing of the Mithun Farm were inaugurated by Dr. Joykrushna Jena, Deputy Director General (Fisheries and Animal Science), ICAR, New Delhi. Foundation stone of the Semen Processing Lab was also laid. Tree plantations were also done in the Mithun Farm. In...

   Visit of General Manager, NABARD on 1st June, 2019. Mr. Dhumal, General Manager of NABARD, Dimapur Nagaland, visited ICAR-NRC on mithun on 1st June, 2019. He also visited the mithun farm and witnessed the activities carried out in the farm for the development of mithun. He also tasted and relished mithun milk.

   Distribution of Institute Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) to Mithun farming society of Machi village on 30th May, 2019. ICAR-NRC on Mithun, Medziphema Nagaland, distributed Institute Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) materials (barbed wire, aluminium sheet, travis, gumboots and raincoat) to Mithun Farming Society of Machi village, Tengnoupal District Manipur on 30th May 2019. The programe was attended by staff of Central Agricultural University (CAU) Imphal, Apungba Imagi Machasing (AIM) Imphal...

      Visit of ICAR-IIMR Director on 27th May, 2019 Dr. Sujay Rakshit, Director, ICAR-Indian Institute of Maize Research (IIMR), Ludhiana, Punjab visited Mithun Farm of ICAR-NRC on Mithun on 27th May, 2019. He was accompanied by Dr. Suby S. B. (Scientist, Entomology) and Dr. Shankar Lal Jat (Scientist, Agronomy). He interacted with scientific and technical staff of the Institute, witnessed routine mithun farming activities, visited maize cultivation area of farm,...