The university has a well-structured program for extension education and transfer of technologies related to animal health, livestock production, fisheries and value addition to the end users.
The University has adopted a well-designed Extension Model to reach to the livestock, poultry and fish farmers, field functionaries, subject matter specialists, industry people and other related communities. This model includes many activities and services that have been explained in subsequent queries.
The University has adopted multi-pronged technique to transfer new technologies to livestock farmers. These services also help in identifying the researchable problems faced by the livestock farmers and provide new research issues to the scientists. The most common activities are:
Pashu Palan Mela is one of the best approaches for transferring the technologies generated at the University to the livestock farmers of the State. It is usually a two day affair and it is celebrated twice a year in the months of March and September. More than one lakh farmers visit the venue on each day. It provides an excellent platform for convergence of various stakeholders like departments of the university, Government and private agencies involved in animal health, welfare and production aspects, and livestock farmers. The farmers get first hand knowledge through exhibitions of new technologies/ innovations for use in livestock and poultry farming. Kisan Melas are also organized at regional level in different KVKs and RRTCs of the university
Animal Welfare/Health Camps are being organized by various departments of the University under the aegis of Directorate of Extension Education. These are usually a one day affair. Repeat breeding, anoestrus and mastitis are the major problems encountered in the rural dairy animals. Owing to major chunk of the cases belonging to reproductive disorders, these camps are also known as Infertility Camps. Poor and marginal farmers also get benefitted through participation in these camps. Certain Gram Panchayats, NGOs, Cooperative Societies (Milkfed and Markfed), Government or Semi-Government Agencies like PAU, KVKs, ATMA, etc. and Banking Institutions often sponsor these camps. The gram panchayats, if they have sufficient funds, can approach the Directorate of Extension Education (0161-2553364) or Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension Education (0161-2414026) for organizing such camps in their villages.
Yes, University also organizes such camps. Awareness Camps or Field Days are helpful in disseminating information on a particular subject related to livestock, fishery and agriculture production. These camps are different from Animal Welfare Camps in that no treatment/operation is carried out in such camps. Various subject matter specialists deliver their lectures on specific topics in these camps. When the awareness camp is restricted to one theme only, then, it is termed as Field Day. These are organized almost every week by KVKs/ RRTCs of the university. Awareness camps can also be arranged at the request of gram panchayats provided the necessary funds have to be provided by the panchayat itself.
Training is a specialized kind of education, which is mostly skill oriented. It is education for a very specific purpose, where the end product is pre-determined based on the performance. The concern here is enhancing the ability of an individual to accomplish a set of tasks by providing an opportunity which results in acquiring the new and upgraded ability in performing the skill. University provides following trainings.
| Basic trainings (on-campus trainings) | ||
| S. No. | Title of Training | Duration |
| 1 | Dairy Farming | 2 weeks |
| 2 | Poultry Farming | 2 weeks |
| 3 | Pig Farming | 1 week |
| 4 | Goat Farming | 1 week |
| 5 | Aqua/Fish Farming | 1 week |
| 6 | Ornamental Fish Farming | 1 week |
| 7 | Value Addition of Milk for Milk Product Manufacturing | 1 week |
| 8 | Setting up Milk Cooling Plant/Milk Processing Plant | 1 week |
| 9 | Value Addition of Meat and Egg | 1 week |
| 10 | Hands-on-training on Nutritional Technologies for Dairy Farmers/Feed Manufacturers | 1 week |
| 11 | Tailor-made Courses | On demand |
The farmers/stakeholders who are interested to get any of the above stated training need to fill an application form downloadable from our website (https://www.gadvasu.in/assests/uploads/images/Training_form_for_farmers.pdf). They can send the filled proforma to Head, Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension Education, GADVASU, Ludhiana-141004, Punjab) or can deposite the same at Farmer Information Centre, GADVASU, Ludhiana on any working day. They will be informed telephonically for the start of the training.
Yes, University can provide the services of its Subject Matter Specialists to deliver expert lectures in trainings organized by various agencies. However, the agency has to pay a specified fee to the University as well as to the experts.
Yes, University publishes a monthly magazine “Vigiyanak Pashu Palan” in Punjabi language. The existing and new technologies related to various livestock species are being regularly published in this magazine. One can easily subscribe it. At present, the subscription fee is Rs 1000/- for 5 years. One can contact the Farmer Information Centre at Phone No. 0161-2414026 for any query regarding its subscription. The farmers can also submit their subscription through on-line mode. For this, you can send your request through WhatsApp at 9464927235 or through dedicated numbers of PP-TAK (6283258834; 6283297919).
Yes, University publishes technical literature for livestock, poultry and fish farmers, field functionaries and other stakeholders in Punjabi, Hindi and English languages. The different kinds of literature published by university are:
GADVASU has established Pashu Palak Tele-Advisory Kendra (PP-TAK) at its campus that caters to the needs of the farmers through the leverage of extensive telecom infrastructure available in the state. It provides two-way system to deliver extension services to the livestock farming community. The major aim of this Kendra is to provide information to livestock farmers on all working days of the week. It enables the farmers to get immediate veterinary help (information) in cases of emergency. The farmers can contact university experts through its dedicated numbers: 6283258834; 6283297919.
