Youth pursuing masters' in biotechnology, rears buffalos to rid Covid blues

Mathew, was too busy with his online classes from the beginning of COVID lockdown, like any other student. However, after some time, Mathew started looking for ways to kill the boredom and monotony of online classes while staying at home during pandemic times. The option he zeroed in on finally was buffalo rearing.

Ernakulam: A youth from Kerala doing his final year M.Sc. Biotechnology at Kothamangalam is also into buffalo rearing at the same time, in order to break the monotony of online classes during COVID times.

Mathew, the only son of Oonnual Malayil Thomaskutty and Maggy from Kothamangalam, was too busy with his online classes from the beginning of COVID lockdown, like any other student. However, after some time, Mathew started looking for ways to kill the boredom and monotony of online classes while staying at home during pandemic times. The option he zeroed in on finally was buffalo rearing, not something many would think of.

Mathew, coming from an agricultural background, had no apprehensions to move forward with his decision.

He brought home Murrah breed buffalos from Haryana, which have high immunity and good physical strength, and started rearing them. The main feed for the buffalos is the grass from his own farmlands and Kannarapola (a kind of water plant).

A small pond has also been dug up near the farm to bathe the Murrah buffalos, which are water buffalos. Mathew is to continue buffalo rearing along with his studies, he says.