The Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Mansa under the aegis of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana regularly conducts various skill development training courses to promote subsidiary occupations. Under this series, a vocational training course on “Poultry Farming” was conducted at KVK, premises from May 24 to 30, 2024 for the farmers, farm women and rural youth. As many as 38 farmers belonging to different villages of districts Mansa, Bathinda, Barnala, Fazilka and Sirsa participated in the training course. In this training programme, scientific knowledge on various aspects of poultry farming was imparted for skill development of farmers for their economic upliftment.
Dr Gurdeep Singh, Deputy Director (Training), interacted with the trainees and enlightened them about the importance of poultry farming. He encouraged the participants to adopt poultry farming as allied business on the scientific lines. On the first day after registration and welcome address, a pre-knowledge test was administered to check the knowledge level of trainees about poultry farming.
Dr Ajay Singh, Assistant Professor (Animal Science), provided information on various aspects of poultry farming including the breeds of poultry, selection of hatchery and chicks, care and management of day-old chicks, broiler and layer birds, selection of site, housing management, water management, feed preparation and record keeping, etc.
Dr Prabhdyal Singh, Fishery officer, Mansa delivered a lecture on integrated poultry and fish farming.
Dr Satpal, Veterinary Surgen and Dr Kailash Kumar, Veterinary Officer, delivered a lecture on important diseases and their preventive measures and vaccination schedule. An exposure visit was also conducted to the village Moosa to show a poultry farm established by a progressive farmer S. Sewa Singh. The vocational training programme concluded with a post-knowledge test to know the gain in knowledge level of trainees about poultry farming. A WhatsApp group was also formed to share the latest knowledge regarding poultry and animal husbandry. Overall, the participants expressed good interest and shared useful information regarding poultry farming.
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