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TAWANG, 29 Jan:<\/strong> A batch of 10 yak-rearing farmers from Jang circle of Tawang district, representing villages such as Mago, Thingbu, Mukto, Rho, and Jangda, are participating in a training-cum-hands-on practices programme on value addition of yak-based products being held at Dirang (W\/Kameng)-based National Research Centre Yak (NRCY) since 27 January.<\/p>\n The farmers have been deputed by the Tawang animal husbandry department.<\/p>\n The programme was inaugurated in the presence of the NRCY Director Dr Mihir Sarkar, marking another significant step towards strengthening and commercialising yak husbandry in the high-altitude regions.<\/p>\n Course director Dr D Medhi highlighted the critical role of value addition in enhancing farmers’ income and making yak husbandry a more sustainable and lucrative livelihood option. He emphasised that scientific processing and hygienic practices can significantly improve both the quality and marketability of yak products.<\/p>\n During the training, farmers will receive hands-on exposure to hygienic preparation and value addition of various yak-based products, including yak milk churpi, paneer, ghee, churkham, as well as yak hair-based products such as carpets and mats.<\/p>\n The programme aims to blend traditional knowledge with modern scientific techniques to improve product quality and economic returns.<\/p>\n The training programme will continue up to 5 February, and is expected to accommodate additional farmers from other locations of Tawang circle in subsequent sessions. (DIPRO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" TAWANG, 29 Jan: A batch of 10 yak-rearing farmers from Jang circle of Tawang district, representing villages such as Mago, Thingbu, Mukto, Rho, and Jangda, are participating in a training-cum-hands-on practices programme on value addition of yak-based products being held at Dirang (W\/Kameng)-based National Research Centre Yak (NRCY) since 27 January. The farmers have been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-277201","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277201"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":277211,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277201\/revisions\/277211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}