Jammu | : Extension and Publicity Wing of Animal Husbandry Department Jammu concluded a three-day extensive awareness campaign launched in the hilly and far-flung areas of Rajouri and Poonch districts. The campaign was undertaken in coordination with officials from the department of Animal Husbandry in the twin districts.
On July 15, a team from Extension and Publicity Wing conducted an awareness programme at Village Planger, Tehsil Thana Mandi in district Rajouri followed by programmes at Savjjian and Loran villages of district Poonch on July 16 and 17 respectively. Free of cost medicines and veterinary supplements were also provided to the attendee farmers. The campaign witnessed direct participation of around four hundred farmers from the twin districts.
Information was provided on various Schemes and Programmes of the department of Animal Husbandry, especially on entrepreneurship development, vaccinations and other beneficiary-oriented schemes such as Holistic Agriculture Development Programme (HADP), National Animal Disease Control Programme (NADCP), Integrated Dairy Development Scheme (IDDS), Integrated Poultry Development Programme (IPDP) etc. The officials explained the benefits of the schemes in detail, besides providing publicity literature in local languages on schemes and latest technologies in the animal husbandry sector.
The campaign, led by Extension Officer, Dr. Mohammad Sajjad, also focused on knowledge enhancement of farmers to enable them to adopt advanced practices and techniques in production and marketing of milk and milk products to improve their income levels. In addition, the farmers were also apprised about use of improved cattle breeds, feeding, disease and pest management to make dairy farming a profitable venture. Valuable insights about modern poultry farming were also provided during the camps with the help of videos.
