Established
in 1974 under the “Rural Development Project” to generate Brown Swiss cross
breed bills and halflinger stallions. Until the beginning of 8th FYP
there were 3 different sub programs as follows:
Brown Swiss farm(BSF)
National Horse Breeding
Program(HBP)
Brown Swiss cattle breeding
Program(BSCBP)
Later
Brown Swiss Farm was separated as Production unit and in the year 2000 spiti
breed was introduced (14 mares and 3 stallions) to replace the halflinger
breed. Slowly in the year 2010, NHBF became purely an extension and production
program responsible for horse developing in the country at Nasphyll in an area
of 28.89 acres. After the cadastral survey, the farm have 37.982 acres of land
in the Tharm No. 1381.
The
horse breed which was introduced with the halflinger during the start of the
office was replaced with the following breeds:
Yuta (Local Breeds)
Spiti breed
Thro breed
Hequ breed
Mandate
Procure and supply of stallions
Monitoring and evaluation of
breeding inputs supplied to the Dzongkhag
Support Dzongkhag Livestock sector
on
Technical
backstopping on breeding and management programs
Farmers
training and group formation
Organizing
horse shows
Conduct
survey/research related breeding programs
Conservation
of Yuta
Objective:
Selection,
procurement and distribution of breeding stallions
Provide
technical support on horse breeding activities and management
Assist
farmer group formation
Conduct
survey/research activities on horse program of different breeds
Maintenance
of herd book.
Planning
and covering different breeds (Spiti, Yuta and Thorough) with Hequ stallions
Future
Plans
Survey
horse potential areas and select as breeding stocks
Conservation
and development of local horses
Introduce
breeding stocks in the farm and assess their performances
Strength
and increase local horse breeders
Produce
more Hequ cross breeds
Research genetic characterization
of different breeds/types available in the country
Capacity development of farmers
Up gradation of skills and capacity
of staffs in specific subjects
