Punjab Government has decided to impart professional and practical training to the State’s youth engaged in dairy farming so that they are able to learn and adapt innovative techniques in the dairy farming sector.
“The training would commence in different training centers of the state from July 4,” said the state Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Dairy Development Minister Gulzar Singh Ranike on Friday.
He said that the experts from Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, ludhiana, Dairy Research Institution, Karnal, and the state Dairy Development Department would guide the progressive farmers who are engaged in dairy farming and eager to keep abreast of latest trends in the field.
The training would be specially focused on high quality cattle breeding, milk products and proper attention to the healthcare of mulching animals, said Ranike.
He said that this novel initiative of practical training is especially essential for the people engaged in the sector to have hands on approach in order to make dairy farming a profitable venture. Besides, relevant literature would also be provided free of cost to the trainees.
Punjab Dairy Development director Inderjit Singh said that forthcoming batch of six-month training will start in training centres at Beeja (ludhiana), Chatamali (Ropar), Gill (Moga), Abul Khurana (Sri Muktsar Sahib), Sardulgarh (Mansa), Tarn Taran, Phagwara ( Kapurthala) and Verka (Sri Amritsar Sahib).
He said that the interview of candidates would be conducted in training centers on June 27 at 11 am. “The interested candidates should be matriculate and with age between 18 and 45 years besides possessing five milking animals,” he said.