Tracking a genetically pure Kangayam bull/cow for mating and identifying a genuine buyer for Kangayam cattle are now just an app away.

V. Sivakumar, an Indian-American engineer from Tirupur and his team regularly rescue Kangayam bulls from slaughter.

He has introduced the mobile app as an extension of rescue/rehabilitation/conservation activities to improve breeding of genetically pure Kangayam cattle and ensure sales to only needy farmers.

He had recently launched ‘Konga Goshala’ to rehabilitate the Kangayam cattle, “Both these steps are aimed at saving the Kangayam cattle from extinction. When it comes to sales, the app will help prevent the cattle from falling into the hands of middlemen who could resell the animal to slaughterers as the buyers too have to register first”, he told The Hindu . The registration of names into the database is being done free.

Explaining its salient features, Mr. Sivakumar said that the app would function on Android based mobile phones and iPhones with Tamil as the language to enable farmers use it comfortably.

“Only those farmers having their addresses within the Kangayam tract that spreads over Tirupur and some adjoining districts, are allowed to join the group”.

The application enables a farmer to locate a bull which is near to their location for mating with the cow.

“For sales too, features are embedded to help buyers easily identify the cattle of their choice,” said Mr. Sivakumar. The marketing of the app will be confined to within the farming community.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> TamilNadu / by R. Vimal Kumar / Tirupur – October 02nd, 2015