The Punjab government on Thursday said it would organise a one-day seminar to encourage women entrepreneurs in dairy farming which will give them hi-tech training in this field.
The state’s Dairy Development Department in collaboration with Punjab Dairy Development Board would organise a one-day Women Dairy Farmers Seminar at Jagraon in Ludhiana on Sunday, aimed at highlighting the contribution of women dairy farmers in the development of dairy in the state.
“About 1,000 women dairy farmers from all over the state would participate in the seminar,” Sarwan Singh Phillaur, state’s animal husbandry, fisheries and dairy development minister, said here.
He said dairy farming has proved to be a viable alternative in the context of diversification of agriculture.
“The Punjab government would extend all possible assistance to encourage women to adopt this highly lucrative trade and would also impart hi-tech training to them,” he added.
Phillaur asked the women dairy farmers to come forward in this trade and bring the much needed white revolution in Punjab with their indomitable courage and hard work.
In this seminar, women experts from different universities would deliver lectures on the subjects concerned with the dairy farming and would enlighten them about the latest developments in this sector.
Besides this, successful dairy farmers would also narrate their success stories and encourage other dairy farmers to set up dairy farming adopting latest techniques.