GUWAHATI: A prime quality fibre produced through mixing yak fur and jute has grow to be a key factor in doubling the incomes of Arunachal Pradesh's yak farmers, referred to as Brokpas.
At a time when Brokpas are giving up their traditional profession, the National Research Centre on Yak (NRCY) founded at Dirang in Kameng district of the state and the Kolkata-based National Institute of Research on Jute and Allied Fibre Technology (NIRJAFT) cling out the promise of having prime returns from selling yak fur for generating the combined fibre, which in flip is utilized in manufacturing winter garments.
"Earlier, the coarse furs were used by Brokpas for domestic use only. Since we tied up with NIRJAFT and started producing the blended fibres, the price per kilogram of fur has increased to Rs 500. Fine fur fetches up to Rs 1000 per kilogram. We buy the furs from the farmers for making blended fibres which are then sold in the market as value-added winter garments," NRCY director P Chakravarty stated.
Chakraborty stated weavers from NRCY have been trained in Kolkata for making winter garments.
"Besides scientific and technological interventions in increasing yak population, the furs have added another dimension to farmers' income generation," Chakraborty added.
In the backdrop of declining yak population, the NRCY and NIRJAFT organised a workshop on popularizing technologies to forestall the drop in yak population and build up income of yak rearers. Centre's division of biotechnology director AK Rawat, who attended the workshop, stated NRCY should collaborate with different national institutes intensively for complex research on yak husbandry.
Officials from defence companies also took section within the workshop. Yaks plays a the most important role an transporting materials for defence personnel serving in prime altitudes.
The yak population in India is estimated to be 76,237, according to a livestock census in 2012, with an estimated 14,000 discovered at an elevations of three,000 to six,000 metres above sea levels in West Kameng and Tawang districts. Other states having yak population are Ladakh, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal and Uttarakhand.
In January, yaks of Arunachal Pradesh have been registered through the National Bureau of Animal Genetics Resources as a definite breed referred to as Arunachali yak.
At a time when Brokpas are giving up their traditional profession, the National Research Centre on Yak (NRCY) founded at Dirang in Kameng district of the state and the Kolkata-based National Institute of Research on Jute and Allied Fibre Technology (NIRJAFT) cling out the promise of having prime returns from selling yak fur for generating the combined fibre, which in flip is utilized in manufacturing winter garments.
"Earlier, the coarse furs were used by Brokpas for domestic use only. Since we tied up with NIRJAFT and started producing the blended fibres, the price per kilogram of fur has increased to Rs 500. Fine fur fetches up to Rs 1000 per kilogram. We buy the furs from the farmers for making blended fibres which are then sold in the market as value-added winter garments," NRCY director P Chakravarty stated.
Chakraborty stated weavers from NRCY have been trained in Kolkata for making winter garments.
"Besides scientific and technological interventions in increasing yak population, the furs have added another dimension to farmers' income generation," Chakraborty added.
In the backdrop of declining yak population, the NRCY and NIRJAFT organised a workshop on popularizing technologies to forestall the drop in yak population and build up income of yak rearers. Centre's division of biotechnology director AK Rawat, who attended the workshop, stated NRCY should collaborate with different national institutes intensively for complex research on yak husbandry.
Officials from defence companies also took section within the workshop. Yaks plays a the most important role an transporting materials for defence personnel serving in prime altitudes.
The yak population in India is estimated to be 76,237, according to a livestock census in 2012, with an estimated 14,000 discovered at an elevations of three,000 to six,000 metres above sea levels in West Kameng and Tawang districts. Other states having yak population are Ladakh, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal and Uttarakhand.
In January, yaks of Arunachal Pradesh have been registered through the National Bureau of Animal Genetics Resources as a definite breed referred to as Arunachali yak.
Arunachali yak fibre emerges as key to doubling farmers' income
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