Awareness camp under Jan Abhiyan and ASCAD for Sheep and Goat breeders was held at Punjwari in District Kathua

An awareness camp under Jan abhiyan and ASCAD for sheep and goat breeders was held at Punjwari in Kathua block and Sallan in Dinga Amb blocks of Dt. Kathua, under the chairmanship of Sh Krishan Lal JKAS, Director Sheep Husbandry Deptt. Jammu.  More than 80 breeders participated and were made aware about the various ongoing schemes of the Deptt. Pertaining to employment generation such as ISDS and prevention of diseases of sheep and goats. Special emphasis was laid on constitution of FPO,s  insurance of livestock under NLM and KCC and  implementation of various schemes to double the farmers income in coming years.

The implementation of new technologies such as Artificial insemination, synchronization of estrus and embryo transfer in the field was also discussed with the breeders. Various problems put forth by the breeders were redressed on spot. The villagers requested for organizing such camps in near future. Dr Surinder Gupta DSHO Kathua and DrRamandeep Singh VAS Kathua also addressed the gathering.