Tarun Karthick
Sri Vijaya Puram, 30 June 2025
In a transfer to encourage sustainable and built-in livestock-farming practices, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services (AH&VS) has adopted the sphere of a neighborhood farmer in Lal Pahad, Chouldari, for demonstration functions below its ongoing efforts to advertise built-in farming methods.
As a part of the initiative, the Department distributed 45 day-old ducklings, Azolla (a protein-rich aquatic plant), and high-yielding hybrid Napier grass cuttings to Mr. Balvinder Singh, an unemployed educated youth from the world. The intention is to assist rural youth in constructing resilient livelihoods by diversified and scientific farming strategies.
Senior Veterinary Officers from each Animal Husbandry and the Animal Husbandry Training Institute (AHTI) performed hands-on coaching classes throughout the occasion. The program coated important strategies in duckling administration, together with brooding, feeding, and well being care practices designed to enhance survival charges and productiveness.
Farmers have been additionally given a reside demonstration on the cultivation and use of Azolla, highlighting its worth as an reasonably priced and protein-rich livestock feed. Additionally, the advantages of cultivating Super Napier Grass—a superior number of fodder recognized for its excessive biomass yield—have been defined, emphasizing its function in making certain year-round inexperienced fodder availability.
The initiative underscores the Department’s dedication to empowering farmers with the information and instruments wanted for built-in and sustainable farming practices, in the end aiming to spice up rural revenue and agricultural productiveness within the area.
