Punjab Government has decided to infuse new technologies in dairy farming across the State to promote it on the scientific and modern lines in pursuance with the broad objective of agriculture diversification program.
The decision was taken by the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal during a meeting held on late Wednesday evening with the members of a delegation recently returned from Israel after having taken 12-day training in modern dairy practices and techniques. The delegation comprised nine progressive dairy farmers, two officers from Dairy Development Department, a Veterinary Officer from Animal Husbandry Department and an Associate Proffesor from GADVASU, ludhiana, while the Financial Commissioner, Animal Husbandry and Director, Dairy also attended the training session for the last two days.
Chief Minister directed all the concerned departments to chalk out a comprehensive plan to further disseminate knowledge of Israeli techniques and processes to the dairy farmers in the state and make these latest dairy practices popular by extending lucrative incentives to them.