heKerala development board(KLDB) has joined hands with the Indian institute of science Education and research (IISER) to promote the cooperation for the advancement of livestock breeding, genomic selection, research and educational exchange between both the organizations.
The State Government is aiming to produce more disease-resistant cattle without compromising in the milk production in its efforts towards attaining self-sufficiency or even surplus milk production in the state.
For this, such collaborations will be useful because the cattle are now to be made more adaptable to resource poor situations and also to the predicted Climate-change”>Climate Change issues.