A two-day buffalo mela was conducted by the College of Food and Dairy Technology, Koduveli, a constituent college of Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS), at Ayilacheri village in Tiruvallur district.
The objective of the mela was the upliftment of rural women dairy farmers. They were trained in the scientific rearing of buffaloes and value-added dairy products.
Dr. Tensingh Gnanaraj, Registrar of the TANUVAS, emphasised the importance of buffalo rearing and increasing the buffalo population to increase the production of milk and other dairy products.