Ludhiana | GADVASU adopts another village under Farmer FIRST Project

GADVASU, Ludhiana, under the ICAR sponsored Farmer FIRST Project adopted Hamidi village. A meeting was held in Hamidi village by the team members.

Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University(GADVASU) under the ICAR sponsored Farmer FIRST Project adopted Hamidi village in Mehal Kalan block.

A training camp on value addition of milk products was also organised at Dhaner village adopted by GADVASU, Ludhiana, under Farmer FIRST Project. (HT PHOTO)

A meeting was held by the project team members, comprising YS Jadoun (principal investigator), Amandeep Singh (co-principal investigator) and SK Kansal, in Hamidi village in the presence of Jaswinder Singh, sarpanch, panchayat members and other prominent persons of the village.

The members briefed about the various activities to be conducted in future. Jadoun informed that the team would first conduct the benchmark survey of the whole village and then various activities would be initiated on the basis of need, interest and problems identified.

A training camp on value addition of milk products was also organised at the adopted village, Dhaner, by the project team members. The harmful effects of milk adulteration were discussed.

Milk adulterants testing kits were also provided to beneficiary women farmers.

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