The ducks are coming
The good old barter system is back. To meet the demand for duck meat, India will soon import Vietnamese ducks in exchange for Indian buffaloes. According to the animal husbandry department secretary, J P Singh, it was found that Indian buffaloes were in demand in Vietnam while duck meat is very popular in India's coastal areas and north ern states. The only available breed of ducks in India, Khaki Campbell, was developed by the duck research centre at Hessarghatta near Bangalore.
India had made several attempts in the past to. import ducks. However., requests for the -import of the famoui Cherry Valley ducks of UK and Vietnamese ducks were turned down on the grounds that the countries did not Want to part with their "rare genetic material" 'It was only the lure of Indian buffaloes that made Vietnam soften its stance and. agrree to the barter.