Participants during the Skill Training of Rural Youth training programme held from July 13 to 18 at KVK office.
Longleng, July 24 (MExN): ICAR KVK Longleng organised six-day Skill Training of Rural Youth (STRY) training programme on ‘piggery rearing and management’ from July 13 to 18 at KVK office.
The course director, Dr Lily Ngullie, ACTO, informed that skill training on piggery rearing and management was imparted to 15 rural youths from 5 different villages of Longleng district.
The lectures included are scenario of piggery industry in India, scope of piggery farming in Nagaland, management of piglets during farrowing, selection of suitable breeds, scientific housing, sanitation of pig sty, scientific balanced feeding for different age of pig, prevention and disease management, vaccination of important swine diseases, economic cost and profit of piggery farming, record keeping and cultivation of high yielding cereal crops for pig feeding. Videos on successful pig farmers and demonstration on administration of medicines through different routes were included in the training programme.
The resource persons for the training programme were Lemjan Phom, DFS, NSRLM Longleng, Konchem, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics Yingli College Longleng, Dr KL Meena Senior Scientist & Head, Dr Lily Ngullie (ACTO) Animal Science, and A Namei, KVK Longleng.
The main objective of the training programme was to impart skill in the area of piggery farming in order to encourage the rural youths to take up piggery farming for sustainable income generation. The training programme concluded by conducting assessment on the participants and distribution of completion certificate.
The training programme was sponsored by National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE) Hyderabad.
