TANUVAS-Regional Research and Educational Centre, Pudukkottai is located at Machuvadi area northern side of Pudukkottai town and it is 4 km away from Pudukkottai bus stand. The area of this centre is 38.33 acres.
The farm complex of TANUVAS-RREC, Pudukkottai caters the need of farmers by Conservation and maintenance of various species and breeds of livestock and poultry and also supply of indigenous germplasms especially Ramnad White sheep, Kodi Aadu ,native chicken of Aseel, Sonali variety, Nandanam II Turkey. The centre is engaged in conducting various training programmes and demonstration of model units of livestock and poultry to trainees of line departments and farmers of pudukkottai and nearby districts. Following species and breeds of livestock and poultry is maintained at TANUVAS-RREC, Pudukkottai:
| S.No. | Name of the Unit | Breeds |
| 1. | Sheep Unit | Ramnad White Sheep |
| 2. | Goat Unit | Kodi Aadu |
| 3. | Poultry Unit | (i) Desi Chicken -Aseel |
| (ii) Improved chicken variety – Sonali | ||
| (iii) Turkey |
TANUVAS-RREC, Pudukkottai is equipped with a fully automated poultry hatchery unit having uninterrupted power supply and digitally controlled incubators with a capacity of hatching 3700 chicks per week. The centre has achieved an annual production of 25,000 chicks for supply of indigenous germplasm to the rural farming community of pudukottai and nearby district through this hatchery. The hatchery consists of 2 numbers of poultry incubators:
The Fodder unit serves as a model farm and produces green fodder for farm animals and supplies fodder seeds and slips to the farming community. The total area under fodder cultivation is 2.5 acres. Following types of fodder are cultivated at TANUVAS-RREC, Pudukkottai:
| S.No | Type of Fodder Cultivated |
| 1. | CoFS29 sorghum |
| 2. | CoFS31 |
| 3. | Cumbu Napier hybrid grass (Co4) |
| 4. | Cumbu Napier hybrid grass (Co5) |
| 5. | Desmanthus |
| 6. | Tree fodder (Agathi, Neem, Subabul) |
| 7. | Hydroponics |
| 8. | Azolla |
The centre organizes various extension programmes on livestock and poultry production for the benefit of farming Community and beneficiaries of various government schemes/ line departments as furnished below:
| S.No | Title of the Scheme | Funding Agency | Total Budget |
| 1. | IAEA sponsored scheme on "Optimizing soil, water and nutrient use efficiency in integrated cropping - livestock Production System" | IAEA/FAO (Co-ordination centre) | 8000 Euro / year |
| 2. | Centre for Polytechnic Courses in Animal Sciences | NADP | 102.36 |
| 3. | ICAR sponsored Poultry Seed Project | ICAR (Co-ordination centre) | Rs.117.92 |
| 4. | Sensitizing farmers on Nutritional supplemental Strategy developed at TANUVAS to increase productivity in dairy cattle and mitigate methane emission | TNIAMP (Co-ordination centre) | Rs.105.92 |
| 5. | NLM Scheme on - “Establishment of extruded feed manufacturing units to facilitate utilization of distillers grain along with other by- products for profitable dairy farming” | National Livestock Mission (Co-ordination centre) | 100.00 lakhs |
| 6. | Tecnological adoption in Desi Chicken Farming: A Research and Training Initiative for Scheduled Tribe Community in Karambakudi Block, Pudukkottai District | TAHDCO | 7.57 Lakhs |
| S.No | Title of the Scheme | Funding Agency | Total Budget |
| 1. | Self- Financing Scheme on “Conservation of Ramnad White Breed of Sheep of Tamil Nadu” | TANUVAS (SFS) | 3.49 lakhs |
| 2. | Self Financing Scheme on “Strengthening of Desi Chicken Unit | TANUVAS (SFS) | 2.80 Lakhs |
| S. No | Name | Amount (Rs) |
| 1. | Desifowl unit receipts | 11,83,671 |
| 2. | Turkey unit receipts | 4,14,779 |
| 3. | Project report fees | 5,62,657 |
| 4. | NC4 chicks & adult | 2,92,260 |
| 5. | Auction Condemn Articles | 1,800 |
| 6. | Exposure Visit | 5,800 |
| 7. | Fodder sale | 80 |
| 8. | Feed Sale | 38,720 |
| 9. | Vehicle hire Charges | 25,940 |
| 10. | Sample Examination | 350 |
| 11. | Profit Oral Pellet vaccine | 4,554 |
| 12 | Kodi Aadu unit | 81,632 |
| Total | 26,12,243 |
| S.No. | Titles | No of Training |
| 1. | Self Employment Training | 5 |
| 2. | Paid Training | 3 |
| 3. | Student Project | 6 |
| 4. | TNSDC Training | 2 |
| Name of the Faculty | Designation | Mobile# | |
|---|---|---|---|
| RICHARD JAGATHEESAN,P.N | PROFESSOR AND HEAD | richard88a84@84gmail.com | 9443515308 |
| DHANALAKSHMI,M | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | danavph2010@gmail.com | 9940692805 |
| SHEEBA,A | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | drsheebagolda@gmail.com | 9865524610 |
The Head, TANUVAS-Regional Research and Educational Centre, Industrial Estate Post, Machuvadi, Pudukkottai- 622 004 Phone: 04322–271443 | E-mail: rrc@tanuvas.org.in
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