Veterinary Extension

Map of North-Eastern Hill region showing the locations under programmes organized under TSP Under Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP), later renamed as Schedule Tribe Component (STC), various programmes were organized in all the four mithun inhabited states viz., Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland. Efforts were also made to introduce mithun in other non-mithun rearing states viz., Meghalaya and also in some non-mithun rearing villages of Nagaland.

A total of 20 programmes were organized including four Mithun Meal, seven Farmer’s Awareness Programmes, three Health Camps, three Interface meetings, 01 Brainstorming workshop and two exposure visits. A total of 4183 farmers were participated/benefited from this programme.

Inputs were also distributed in the form of piglets, poultry birds, common veterinary medicines and stationery items for school children. In order to popularize the semi-intensive rearing of mithun, the materials for construction of a low-cost night shelter/ mithun shed, fencing the mithun rearing area, water trough and salt lick were also distributed through the village Council.

**Mithun Mela**
S.No.	Place of Activity	Date	Beneficiaries
1.	Khuangleng village, Champai Dist., Mizoram	24th January 2017	207
2.	Mani village, Itanagar Dist., Arunachal Pradesh	2-3rd February 2017	200
3.	Septika village, Zonhoboto Dist. Nagaland	16th March 2017	780
4.	Miren village, West Siang Dist., Arunachal Pradesh	24th March 2017	360

**Interface Meetings/Workshop**
S. No.	Topic	Date	Participants
1.	Interface Meeting with Field Veterinarians, Govt. of AP.	3rd February 2017	200
2.	Interface Meeting on "Present status and future scope of Mithun rearing in Nagaland".	7th March 2017	75
3.	Interface meeting on "Potentials of Mithun husbandry for improving livelihood" with ATMA officials Nagaland at ICAR NRC on Mithun, Nagaland.	9th March 2017	60
4.	Brainstorming workshop on "Rearing Mithun under free-range system: challenges and way forward".	18th March 2017	46

**Technology Injection Programmes and Other Extension Activities**
Place of Activity/Training	Date	Beneficiaries
Awareness/Input Distribution Programme
Farmers Scientist interaction cum input distribution programs at Hekheshe village, Dimapur, Nagaland	1st Nov. 2016 & 8th November 2016	75 farmers participated. PRA was done.
Mithun Mela cum Farmers Awareness programme Khuangleng village, Champai, Mizoram	24th January 2017	207 farmers participated. 24 bundles of CGI sheet distributed among 4 village societies 37 mithuns vaccinated and ear-tagged.
Farmers Training cum Input distribution programme at Hekheshe village, Dimapur, Nagaland	24th January 2017	450 poultry birds and 30 piglets distributed
Farmers Awareness programme cum Mithun Health Camp at Tenning village, Dist. Paren, Nagaland	24th Feb. 2017	105 farmers benefited. Distributed common veterinary medicines; Ear tagging kit containing 200 ear tags, one applicator, one marker; CGI sheet-6 bundles Barbed wire-15 Roll 37 mithun vaccinated against FMD
Farmers Awareness programme on "Livelihood improvement through scientific livestock husbandry" at Disaguphu, Hazadisa and Monglumukh village, Dimapur, Nagaland	1st March 2017	73 farmers participated
Farmers Interaction programme on Scientific Mithun Husbandry at K-Station Village, Kohima, Nagaland	21st March 2017	18 farmers participated
Exposure visits / Training
Exposure visit cum training programme for the farmers of East Khai Hills, Meghalaya	2-4th May 2016	24 farmers were trained on scientific mithun rearing
Exposure visit cum training programme for the farmers of Senapati Dist., Manipur	22-23rd March 2017	22 farmers participated. Demonstration on the identification of mithun.