ICAR-NRCM conducts livestock training for Meluri farmers

DIMAPUR — A five-day training programme on “Scientific livestock management for enhanced productivity and profitability” is being conducted at Indian Council of Agricultural Research-National Research Centre (ICAR-NRC) on Mithun, Medziphema, in collaboration with Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Phek, for 20 farmers from Meluri district.

According to a press release, the training, scheduled from September 15 to the 19th, aims to strengthen farmers’ knowledge and skills in scientific livestock rearing, with a special focus on mithun. The programme consists of lectures, interactive discussions, hands-on demonstrations, and field visits.

On the first day, participants were introduced to the National Research Centre on Mithun (NRCM) technologies and mithun promotion programmes, government schemes for farmers, semi-intensive mithun rearing practices, scientific pig management, and microbial diseases affecting mithun.

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The subsequent days will focus on practical aspects such as mithun handling and identification, record keeping in breeding, reproductive and feeding management, and the role of artificial insemination in improving productivity. Other sessions will cover metabolic and parasitic diseases, as well as entrepreneurial opportunities in mithun farming.

Farmers will also receive practical exposure through demonstrations on value addition in mithun meat and milk products and field visits to ICAR Nagaland Centre farms and the Mithun Conservation Unit at Khonoma village.

The programme is expected to equip participants with scientific knowledge and practical skills to adopt improved livestock practices that can enhance productivity, profitability, and livelihood security.