Training programme on empowering women concludes at SKUAST-Jammu

VC SKUAST-Jammu and others at valedictory session of training programme.
VC SKUAST-Jammu and others at valedictory session of training programme.

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 13: 5- day training programme on Empowering (capacity building) of women through livestock farming concluded at Division of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension Education, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, SKUAST- Jammu.
This training, sixth in series of twelve number of five days training programme in the financial year 2022-23, was sponsored by National Commission for Women (NCW), Govt of India, New Delhi under capacity building programmes.
Prof J P Sharma, Vice-Chancellor, SKUAST-Jammu, was the chief guest during the valedictory session of the training programme. In his address, he asked the trainees about their experience and learning during the five days of training.
Dr M S Bhadwal, Dean, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, R S Pura gave a brief note on the importance of women-oriented training programme on livestock farming.
At the outset, Dr Pranav Kumar, Training Coordinator of five days training programme, gave details of the activities conducted during the five days training programme. He informed that trainees were exposed to clinical visits, various practical demonstrations such as vermicompost making, cow dung log making, value addition of milk, natural farming preparations/concoctions, indigenous technical knowledge for the treatment of dairy animals, cattle dung based entrepreneurial opportunities etc in such a way that they could start their own enterprise as well as for the promotion of organic/natural farming.
During the valedictory session, extension folder in Hindi on Lumpy Skin disease and entrepreneurial opportunities through animal waste (cattle dung & urine) management were released by the dignitaries and distributed among the participants. Various inputs (such as milk can, milk pot, strainer, tub, lactometer, apron, mineral mixture, dewormer, vermicompost, cow dung logs etc) were distributed among the trainees for scientific and hygienic rearing of dairy animals at farm level.
Convenors of the training programme namely Prof Kamal Sarma , HoD, VAHEE and Prof Sunil Kumar, HoD, LPT, Training co-coordinators Dr Jonali Devi, Dr Harsh Sharma , Dr Pawan Kumar Verma , Dr Nishi Pande, Dr Pratiksha Raghuwanshi, Dr Ankur Rastogi , Dr A K Pathak, Dr N.K Pankaj; Dr. Puneet Choudhary, I/c KVK Jammu, teaching & non-teaching staffs and post graduate students of the division were also present during the valedictory session.