LUDHIANA: Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (Gadvasu), organized one-day training for beneficiary farmers under ICAR-sponsored Farmer FIRST Project at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Handiaya.
Different poultry-related inputs distributed viz. day-old chicks, feeders, drinkers, calcium supplements, multivitamins and antibiotics for promoting entrepreneurship development among them.
YS Jadoun, principal investigator of the project, Pragya Bhadauria Co-PI, Amandeep Singh Co-PI and Navkiran Kaur organized the event in which a total of 30 beneficiary farmers from the Channanwal and Dhaner villages were trained and provided inputs for backyard poultry farming.
Jadoun welcomed the farmers in the camp. Amandeep Singh, in his expert lecture, provided basic information to the beneficiary farmers regarding backyard poultry farming. He laid special emphasis on the care and management of day old chicks in order to reduce the mortality, feeding and housing management practices, provision of adequate lighting, proper bedding material, adequate amount of ventilation and proper placing of feeder and drinker for the chicks.
