Central Avian Research Institute

Poultry production in India has emerged as one of the fast growing sectors among various livestock based vocations as evident from its transformation from traditional backyard rearing to organized commercial farming over the last four decades. This sector comprises of low, medium and high input/ output systems of rearing and is providing employment to over 7 million people, apart from household income and nutritional security to numerous small poultry keepers in rural and tribal areas of the country. It contributes about 0.5 % to the national GDP and about 10% to the livestock GDP. Technological support is, therefore, crucial for the sustained growth of the poultry sector. Central Avian Research Institute(CARI) was established on the 2nd November, 1979 at Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh under the aegis of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) to provide all-round support to the growth of poultry sector.