{"id":267225,"date":"2023-11-01T18:34:25","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T13:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=267225"},"modified":"2023-11-01T18:34:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T13:04:25","slug":"only-the-gir-indigenous-cow-breed-is-being-promoted-under-rashtriya-gokul-mission-here-is-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/only-the-gir-indigenous-cow-breed-is-being-promoted-under-rashtriya-gokul-mission-here-is-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Only the Gir indigenous cow breed is being promoted under Rashtriya Gokul Mission; here is why"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article<\/span><b> \u201cOnly the Gir indigenous cow breed is being promoted under Rashtriya Gokul Mission; here is why\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in <\/span><b>\u201cDown To Earth\u201d on 1st November 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>Why in the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rashtriya Gokul Mission has been promoting only one indigenous variety, the Gir cow breed across the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is Gir cow breed?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gir is an Indigenous cow breed originating in the state of Gujarat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other names of Gir include Bhodah, Desan, Gujarati, Kathiawari, Sorthi and Surti.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Why is <\/b><b>Rashtriya Gokul Mission focusing more on Gir cow breed?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/initiatives-launched-under-rashtriya-gokul-mission\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rashtriya Gokul Mission<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> primarily promotes the Gir cow breed due to its high milk yield and adaptability to various environments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to this, the population of Gir cows increased to 2.3 million in 2019, marking a substantial 70% growth from the 2013 estimate.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What are the issues with the <\/b><b>Rashtriya Gokul Mission focusing more on Gir cow breed?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rashtriya Gokul Mission\u2019s<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> focus solely on Gir breed risks threatening the purity of other indigenous breeds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hence, suggestions have been made for the identification and breeding of genetically superior cows from various indigenous breeds to uphold regional traits and maintain diversity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India boasts several indigenous cattle breeds apart from the Gir such as Red Sindhi, Sahiwal, Hallikar and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPSC Syllabus<\/strong>: Environment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cOnly the Gir indigenous cow breed is being promoted under Rashtriya Gokul Mission; here is why\u201d published in \u201cDown To Earth\u201d on 1st November 2023 Why in the News? Rashtriya Gokul Mission has been promoting only one indigenous variety, the Gir cow breed across the country. What&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/only-the-gir-indigenous-cow-breed-is-being-promoted-under-rashtriya-gokul-mission-here-is-why\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Only the Gir indigenous cow breed is being promoted under Rashtriya Gokul Mission; here is why<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,1760,956,1],"tags":[11872,10504],"class_list":["post-267225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-polity-and-nation","category-schemes-and-programs","category-uncategorized","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-down-to-earth","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":14,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1698866372},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267225\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}