The project was sanctioned in the centre as per order no.2-2/93 ASR II dated 30.06.93 of Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Krishibhavan, NewDelhi with the following objectives.

i. To study the performance of indigenous pigs under optimum managemental conditions.

ii. To produce crossbreds by crossing indigenous gilts with exotic boars and assess their performance in respect of their efficiency of feed conversion, production and reproduction.

iii. To evolve economic pig rations with locally available feed ingredients, conventional and / or unconventional.

iv. To produce superior strain of improved pigs selecting animals from within half breds with faster growth on economic rations .

v. To study the incidence of various diseases in pigs so as to suggest areas for undertaking research to provide optimum health cover.