Animal Husbandry Startup Grand Challenge    

Context

• Second edition of ‘Animal Husbandry Startup Grand Challenge’ launched.

About

• The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, in partnership with Startup India, launched the second edition of ‘Animal Husbandry Startup Grand Challenge’.
• It aims to scout for innovative and commercially viable solutions to address six problems faced by the animal husbandry and dairy sector.
• The six problem areas are:

1. cost-effective, long-term, and user-friendly alternatives for storage and supply of semen doses;
2. development of cost-effective animal identification (RFID) and traceability technology;
3. development of heat detection kits and
4. pregnancy diagnosis kits for dairy animals;
5. Development of low-cost cooling and milk preservation system and a data logger;
6. improvement in existing milk supply chain from village collection centre to the dairy plant.

• A winner will be awarded with Rs 10 lakh and a runner-up with Rs 7 lakh cash for each of the six problem areas.

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