A day-long Workshop cum Seminar for capacity building of Dairy farmers was organized by Department of Animal Husbandry Jammu here today at Kisan Kendra, Talab Tillo. The aim was to acquaint dairy farmers with latest schemes and techniques in dairy sector aimed at increasing the productivity and income of the farmers.
Director Animal Husbandry Jammu, Dr. Shubhra Sharma was the chief guest of the event, which witnessed huge participation of dairy farmers. Several experts delivered informative lectures on important topics such as Quality Silage making, management of infertility in cattle besides various schemes and programmes being implemented by the department of Animal Husbandry.
Special emphasis was laid over formation and development of Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) in her address by the representative from NABARD and by the field officers of the department as well with an aim to accelerate the process of formation of productive FPOs in Jammu division.
While addressing the gathering, the Director stressed on adopting convergence approach for implementing different schemes of Animal Husbandry department with other schemes of Central or UT govt. and NABARD to enable farmers to avail maximum benefits of all the schemes.She further emphasized on formation and promotion of FPOs to enhance farmers’ competitiveness and increase their advantages in rapidly evolving market opportunities.
Speaking further she said that such workshops are being organized by the department of Animal Husbandry to build capacities and capabilities of farmers including women to encourage them to adopt improved animal husbandry practices to get better returns. All the queries raised by farmers during the event were also amicably answered by the experts during the scheduled Question-Answer session.
The event among others was attended by senior officers of the Animal Husbandry department based in Jammu physically whereas the District officers of the department and Veterinary Assistant Surgeons from across the districts of Jammu division joined the event via virtual mode along with farmers from respective districts making this event a first of it’s kind in which officers and farmers from all the districts of Jammu division participated.