NDRI Trains 600 Dairy Farmers from Bihar
Karnal, Haryana: Nov. 2, 2007
 The Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) of National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) trained 600 dairy farmers including 14 farm women from 21 districts of Bihar State in an year on Scientific Dairy Farming, said Dr. Sushil Kumar, Director NDRI.
Presiding over the concluding function of the 20th training program organized for the farmers of Aurangabad and Sitamarhi districts of Bihar that concluded here today, Dr. Kumar as the chief guest of the event said that there was immense potential of improving milk production in Bihar and based on the interaction with the Directorate of Dairy Development, Patna, the KVK had been able to train 600 dairy farmers including 14 farm women from 21 districts of Bihar between December 2006 and November 2007.
Kumar said that it was imperative that the farmers realized the concept and significance of scientific dairy farming in a holistic manner and adopted the technologies relating to breeding, feeding, health care and management so as to improve their productivity.
He also emphasized the need of sharing the knowledge with others in the same profession by those who have acquired training and knowledge at the NDRI.
Dr. Dalip K. Gosain, senior scientist and the head of the KVK who coordinated all 20 training programs of the KVK, NDRI said that each program was specifically developed based on the resource availabilities and needs of the dairy farmers of different dairy cooperative societies of Bihar State. He added that the scientists and technical officers of the institute imparted training to improve the knowledge and skill of the trainees.
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