Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, organized a one-day training for beneficiary farmers under the ICAR-sponsored Farmer FIRST Project at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Handiaya.
Different poultry-related inputs, such as day-old chicks, feeders, drinkers, calcium supplements, multivitamins, and antibiotics, were distributed to encourage entrepreneurship development among them.
Dr. P.S. Brar, Director of Extension Education and Farmer FIRST Project Nodal Officer, oversaw the training-cum-input distribution camp. Dr. Y.S. Jadoun, the project’s Principal Investigator, Dr. Pragya Bhadauria, Co-PI, Dr. Amandeep Singh, Co-PI, and Dr. Navkiran Kaur organized the event, at which 30 farmers from the Channanwal and Dhaner villages were trained and given inputs for backyard poultry farming.
Dr. YS. Jadoun welcomed the farmers to the camp. Dr. Amandeep Singh’s expert lecture provided the beneficiary farmers with basic information about backyard poultry farming. He placed special emphasis on the care and management of day-old chicks in order to reduce mortality, feeding, and housing management practices, provision of adequate lighting, proper bedding material, adequate amount of ventilation, and proper placement of feeder and drinker for the chicks. He also discussed the use of antibiotics, calcium supplements, and multivitamins as farm inputs.
Dr. Pragya Bhadauria’s expert lecture covered the various entrepreneurial opportunities associated with backyard poultry farming, farm expansion, marketing connections, and value-added products made from eggs and meat. She encouraged farmers to adopt backyard poultry farming in order to gain nutritional and financial security, which will aid in the improvement of their socioeconomic status.
Dr. YS Jadoun proposed a vote of thanks to the experts and farmers, while also thanking Dr. PS Tanwar, Associate Director KVK Barnala, and Dr. Suryendra Singh for their assistance.
