Tinkering lab established at Main Hub at ICAR-CIARI is a model unit for scientific rural poultry farming and goat to demonstrate farming practices.Activities of tinkering lab have been advanced by creating whatsapp group on Sci-Farmer DBT- BIOTECH GR. Similarly whatsapp group for N&M Andaman also has been created. Communication established at main hub has the infrastructure facility of furniture, chairs, camera, almirahand table, computers, photocopier, scanner, printers, projector, screen etc.,

At partnering institutes: Two units of mini incubators have been established each at KVK, South Andaman and Regional Station, Lakshadweep.

Field units:

1. A total of four demonstration units of mini incubator have been established at farmer’s field of farmers’ fellow ambassadors as incubation centre cum demonstration units.
2. A total of 10 demonstration units on goat farming have been established in farmers’ fields

Establishment of demonstration units at partnering institute and field

Establishment of demonstration units goatery, Partnering – Car Nicobar, Designing of goat shed in participatory mode

Technologies demonstrated at farmers’ fields

1. Herbal immune boosters in rural poultry
2. FAMACHA to use as diagnostic tool for detection of anaemia in goats
3. Mineral mix supplements
4. Vaccination on community basis
5. Demonstration of mini incubator for artificial incubation of desieggs
6. Demonstration of dipping for control of ecto-parasite in goats:
7. Demonstration of regular deworming in goats
8. Azolla feed supplements
9. Preparation of low cost feed for rural poultry, fumigation in poultry shed, candling, grading and setting of eggs for hatching, herbal eye drop for conjunctivitis in goat and poultry etc

Number of beneficiaries covered

SL No	Activities	Number of beneficiaries covered
1	Technology demonstration of Mini-incubator for regular supply of chicks and vaccination cum herbal immune booster supplements	1536
2	Technology demonstration of scientific goat production	666
	Total	2202

Number of demonstrations carried out at farmers’ field

Main hub & KVK, South Andaman(PI-1)	67
North & Middle Andaman KVK (PI-2)	15
Nicobar KVK (PI-3)	05
Lakshadweep ( PI-4)	04
Total	118
No of villages covered	74
No of farmers benefited	941

Farmers Training Programme

Number of trainings organised

No of trainings organised	9
No of beneficiaries	923
No of villages covered	38

1. Main Hub & South Andaman Partnering Institute, KVK, South Andaman: 5 nos.
2. North & Middle Andaman: 2 nos.
3. Car Nicobar : 1no
4. Lakshadweep : 1 no.

A total of 9 trainings were conducted on delivery of Vaccines in poultry, farmers participatory mass vaccination, avian influenza, Advances in village chicken production, Capacity development on Scientific Goat Farming for Nutritional and Livelihood Security and operation of mini incubator. A total number of 923beneficiaries including farmers, unemployed youth, and small entrepreneurs have been given knowledge on biotechnological tools and scientific goat and rural poultry farming through various capacity building programmes.

1. During the capacity building programmes, classes were taken on scientific management of goat and rural poultry, common diseases, its symptoms and identification, treatment and control.
2. Awareness cum knowledge on bio-security measures was imparted in the health management of goat and rural poultry such as desi birds and vanaraja poultry and ethno veterinary medicine for the treatments of various ailments in goat and poultry.
3. Demonstrations were shown during technical session, on vaccination, dipping, deworming and bio-security measures.
   Participatory demonstrations were conducted on drenching of medicines in goats, dipping, and external application of medicines and to prepare vaccine and administer in poultry.

1. A total of 73 Biotech-KISAN fellowship has been given to men and women farmers for becoming master trainers.
2. A total of two farmer fellowship programmes of one month duration was completed at Main hub.
3. Farmers, women, unemployed youth were the beneficiaries from various villages of South Andaman such as Wandoor, Nayagaon, Ranchi Basti, Calicut, Garacharma, Namunagar, Tirura, Ferargunj, Shoalbay, Manjery, Guptapara and Brichgunj, Guptapara, Mameyo, and Humphregunj.
4. A total of 15 ( 4 +11) women Biotech –Kisan fellows have been trained and become master trainers for the demonstration of activities on mini incubator, rural poultry and goat farming in the field.
5. A total of 20 local leaders on goat farming (3 men 17 women) and 20 nos. on mini incubator (20 nos. women) have been promoted by farmer fellows under the project. These leaders have started to do vaccination in poultry on community basis, do hatching using mini incubator, do drenching for goats, started using FAMACHA prior and after deworming in goats.

Farmer’s fellow as master trainer demonstrating vaccination, dipping, FAMACHA application etc in the farmers’ fields.

1. Two exposure visits of farmers from North & Middle Andaman and South Andaman have been organised to the Main hub.
2. Exposure visit was organised for the tribal farmers to Composite Livestock Farm under Dept. of AH & VS at Car Nicobar
3. A total of 46 famers including 20 tribal farmers were exposed to the different activities of the main hub and AH&VS at Car Nicobar.

Exposure visits organised for the tribal farmers to Composite Livestock Farm under Dept. of AH & VS at Car Nicobar

1. A total of 11workshops cum interface meetings were organizedinvolving farmers, tribal farmers, state development department, NABARD, and scientists. A total of 278 farmers have been sensitized. For scientist farmers’ interaction, a unique whatapp group has been created wherein all the investigators of the main hub, partnering institutes and experts from the Animal science Division are added. A total of 58 farmers have been added in the group and are getting regular advisory services through whtasapp. On an average 7-10 queries per week are addressed through this group. This group has also been used for dissemination of technological information and latest development to the needy farmers

A total of 15 farmers have established their own mini incubator and started selling desi chicks on commercial scale. They sell chicks to other farmers @ Rs.40 per chick and the availability of desi chicks has been improved by 4-8 times.Two educated youth started goat farming in commercial way with technical inputs from Biotech Kisan Hub.

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A total of 7 literatures have been published. Three manuals viz., scientific goat farming, scientific poultry farming and operation and maintenance of mini incubator, one technical bulletin, three folders of Azolla feed supplement, low cost balanced feeding for rural poultry and vaccination were prepared and distributed to the beneficiaries.

Scientific poultry farming:Increase in net income from Rs 12,342/- to Rs 37,767/- by adopting scientific rural poultry farmingof unit size of 50 birds per year:

Technology intervention	Before	After	Economic gain
Demonstration of various interventions viz. regular vaccination against Ranikhet disease, Infectious bursal disease, feeding of azolla supplementation, deworming, dipping for control of ectoparasites (lice), herbal immune booster.	Loss due to mortality was 50 %	Mortality reduced to less than 25%	Increase in net income from Rs 12,342/- to Rs 37,767/-with unit size of 50 birds per year

Mini incubator technology: By adopting mini incubator technology (240 eggs capacity) net income of Rs 32, 560/- per year was obtained.

Technology intervention	Before	After	Economic gain
Seven numbers of community based mini incubators (240 eggs capacity established at different clusters for hatching and regular supply of desi poultry	Availability of desi chicks was through natural brooding only	Availability of desi chicks increased by 4-8 times	By adopting this technology the net income per year is Rs 32,560/- with B:C ratio of 2.17

Economic gain by adopting scientific goat farming:

Technology intervention	Before	After	Economic gain
Scientific goat farming viz. regular deworming using FAMACHA, feeding of mineral mixture, selection of buck at 6 month of age on body weight gain basis, use of herbal acaricide/dipping for control of ticks, scientific breeding etc.	Loss due to mortality was 15%. Loss due to low body weight ( loss of Rrs 430 per goat)	Mortality reduced to less than 5%	By adopting this technology Net income has been increased from Rs 22,310/- to Rs. 31, 110/- with flock size of 5 does and 1 buck

Benefits through skill development

Criteria/skills	Before training / demonstration	After training / demonstration
Cleaning and disinfection of poultry shed	5 %	40%
Fumigation of poultry shed and candling of hatching eggs	Nil	30%
Handling and management of mini incubators	Nil	30%
Vaccination in poultry	20 %	60 %
Herbal health management in poultry	25%	45%
Deworming in goat	25 %	75%
Skill on use of FAMACHA score card to identify anaemic goats	Nil	15%
Age determination in goats	5	68%
Dipping of goats for control of ectoparasite (Ticks)	Nil	62%

Major technological benefits due to activity of mini incubator& scientific poultry farming

1. A total of 7 mini incubator demonstration units have been established in farmers’ fields and at partnering institutes.
2. Technological intervention of mini incubator has increased the availability of desi chicks by 4-8 times in the adopted clusters.
3. A total of 2228 desi chicks have been produced (3 months data).
4. Knowledge up gradation increased to 70%.
5. Use of timely vaccination against Ranikhet and Infectious bursal disease increased by 62 %
6. Mortality has been reduced to less than 15 %
7. Availability of desi chicks increased by 4-8 times

Criteria/skills	Before intervention	After intervention
No. of farmers adopted scientific goat farming practices after undergoing training	12	66
Improvement in bodyweight of goats at 12 month	15.46 kg	16.20 kg
Mortality in goat	15-20%	4.74%
Preventive health coverage with mineral mix supplements (no.of goats)	2499	8520
Improvement in knowledge on Marketing of goat	Sale of goats based on size	Sale of goats based on body weight
Improvement in scientific breeding	No scientific breeding. Male and female were allowed to mix together.	Selection of good body weight bucks at 6 months and breeding is done after 9 months of age
Improvement in feeding	No feed supplements/mineral mixture	Mineral mixture and Azolla supplements
Improvement in kid management	Colostrum feeding was not practiced	Kids are allowed to drink colostrum
Improvement in treating tick infestation	Dependency on synthetic medicine	Switching to herbal acaricide
Improvement in kidding rate and weaning weight	Kidding rate (1.3) Weaning weight (5.64 kg)	Kidding rate ( 1.4) & Weaning weight (5.84 kg)