WORKSHOP ON "GOAT NUTRITION" 7TH JULY 2009

A day long training programme on the topic ‘An update on Goat Nutrition and Feeding’ was organized by Division of Animal Nutrition in collaboration with American Soybean Association-International Marketing on 07th July, 2009. More than 100 persons including Veterinary officers from Sheep Husbandry and Animal Husbandry Department, Jammu and progressive farmers of the adjoining areas attended the training. The Chief Guest of the inaugural function was Dr R M Acharya, Former DDG (Animal Science), ICAR, New Delhi. Speaking on the occasion Dr Acharya stressed upon the importance of developing and disseminating newer technologies and techniques for making the goat keeping not only economically viable but livelihood generating vocation for the upliftment of the resource poor farmers. He also emphasized over the role of feeding and nutrition on the overall productivity and health of the goats. Dr Acharya advocated the need of newer strategies for combating feed scarcity and urged the concerned scientist to work further in this area.

Prior to this, Dr A R Nazki, Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences & Animal Husbandry welcomed all the delegates and guests to the training programme. He outlined the importance of goat husbandry in the economics of Jammu region and the scope of development in this area. He further added that faculty is committed to organizing this type of training programs for field veterinarians and farmers in future also. Dr J L Gupta, Former Director, Sheep Husbandry Department, Jammu also spoke on the occasion and discussed various interventions that can be made at the field level for the benefit of goat keepers. The training programme saw technical presentations by speakers Dr K Sharma, Director, Centre of Advanced Studies in Animal Nutrition, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly U.P., Dr Ramesh Thaper, Consultant, American Soybean Association-International Marketing and Dr R K Sharma, Head, Division of Animal Nutrition, R S Pura.