Sri Vijaya Puram, June 9: Empowering animal husbandry farmers with knowledge and skill is crucial to boost animal productivity in the UT. Regular updation of farmer’s knowledge on latest developments and advanced farming techniques is essential for sustainable and profitable livestock farming. The animal husbandry farmers living in remote and far flung areas of these Islands have limited access to information due to poor communication facilities hindering their skill updation and growth.
In order to provide learning opportunities to these progressive farmers, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services has made arrangements to conduct inter-state exposure visit.
Initially, 25 progressive farmers were recently taken to ICAR- National Research Centre on Pig at Guwahati for imparting advanced training on -scientific pig rearing practices. To tap the potential of growth and advancement in the field of piggery, hands on learning opportunity was provided to the progressive farmers in order to enable them to apply the knowledge gained during the training in their own area and farm.
During the training, technical sessions were held, in which, experts shared their knowledge on topics like creeper management, disease management, bio security, artificial insemination, market based farming, breeding, nutrition, waste disposal and feed management. The participants engaged in interactive discussion with experts and gained insights in advanced pig farming techniques and market trends.
Seeing successful animal husbandry practices in action inspired the participants and they reaffirmed their commitment to implement the practices learned during the visit in their farms.
The batch of progressive farmers consisted of farmers from Pulopanja, Makachua of Nicobar District, Chouldari, Rangat,Billiground and Diglipur. The particicpants expressed that the training program was an eyeopener to them and were grateful to the Department for giving them the opportunity.
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