DIMAPUR — A two-day training session for poultry farmers and community animal health workers (CAHWs) was held at the chief veterinary office conference hall, Kohima, on November 23 and November 28.
According to a press release, it was held as part of a collaborative effort between the district management unit Fostering Climate-Resilient Upland Farming Systems (FOCUS)-International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Project, Kohima district, and the chief veterinary office under the department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services, Kohima.
The training aimed to improve poultry farmers' and CAHWs' skills and knowledge, thereby contributing to the overall development of the local animal husbandry sector.
Participants during the programme had the opportunity to learn from distinguished resource persons, Dr. Elizabeth Yhome, a veterinary surgeon, and Dr. N Suokhrie, a veterinary assistant surgeon, who led sessions on both days and covered a range of topics crucial to poultry farming and community animal health.
The sessions also covered care and management of poultry and biosecurity measures, diseases of poultry, economic diseases of livestock, and diseases of livestock and their prevention and control (CSF/FMD), providing attendees with practical insights and hands-on knowledge.
Under the FOCUS project, pig catchers were distributed to community animal health workers.
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