Jashpurnagar. Under the direction of Collector Rohit Vyas and guidance of District Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Abhishek Kumar, a campaign for scientific animal husbandry training for animal friends is being conducted in the district under Chhattisgarh State Rural Livelihood Mission Bihan. 

In this sequence, a one-day scientific animal husbandry training program was held for animal friends on Tuesday at the Kunkuri District Panchayat campus. The training program was conducted under the guidance of the District Program Manager (Livelihood), Chhattisgarh State Rural Livelihood Mission, Jashpur District. Animal Husbandry Department officials and experts provided practical and technical information about modern and scientific animal husbandry to the animal friends through technical sessions.

Scientific animal husbandry will be promoted in villages: 

The objective of the training is to prepare Pashu Sakhis as skilled community resource persons at the village level, so that they can play an important role in increasing the productivity of livestock and increasing the income of rural livestock farmers by connecting them with the new techniques of scientific animal husbandry. Experts said that by adopting scientific methods, goat rearing and poultry farming can be made a strong and sustainable source of income for rural families. They asked Pashu Sakhis to make the livestock farmers in their respective villages aware of modern techniques and motivate them for better animal husbandry.

Detailed information is provided from disease management to entrepreneurship:

During the training, detailed information was provided on important topics such as timely identification of animal diseases, regular vaccination, deworming, balanced and nutritious diet management, green fodder production, clean animal housing, breed improvement, care of pregnant and newborn animals, increasing production capacity and disease prevention. Along with this, the animal friends were also trained on animal husbandry-based entrepreneurship, preparing business plans and developing goat and poultry farming as profitable businesses with limited resources.

Distribution of training materials: 

During the program, all animal companions were distributed a scientific goat rearing training guide and an annual animal husbandry calendar. Experts explained that this calendar provides a practical guide for animal farmers regarding essential tasks to be performed throughout the year, enabling timely vaccination, deworming, feed management, and other activities to be implemented effectively.

Training campaign will continue in all development blocks:

Under the Rural Livelihood Mission (Bihan), scientific animal husbandry training is being conducted in a phased manner in all eight development blocks of the district. The objective is to develop the capacity of animal companions and enable them to promote animal husbandry-based livelihoods in rural areas. The department believes that this initiative will promote scientific animal husbandry, increase livestock productivity, and ensure a sustainable increase in the income of rural families.