A five days vocational training course on “Goat Farming” was organized under the aegis of Punjab Agricultural University and ICAR-ATARI, Zone-I, Ludhiana at the PAU-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Mansa from 14.01.2026 to 20.01.2026 for farmers, farm women and rural youth. Thirty-eight candidates from district Mansa and Bathinda participated in the training. The training course was organized under the able guidance of Dr. Ajit Pal Singh Dhaliwal, Associate Director, KVK, Mansa.
On the very first day, Dr. Ajit Pal Singh extended a warm welcome to the participants and shared the mandates and working of KVK with them. He highlighted the importance and scope of goat farming as a subsidiary occupation, economics of goat farming and inspired the trainees to adopt goat farming for enhancing income and employment opportunities. The trainees were also made aware about the economics of goat farming and method of record keeping.
Dr. Ajay Singh, Assistant Professor (Animal Science), KVK Mansa acted as the course coordinator and imparted detailed knowledge on history of goat farming, goat breeds, feeding management, goat housing and its management, vaccination and other important techniques for running a scientific and successful goat farm. A preliminary test on goat farming knowledge test was also administered to check the knowledge level of trainees.
Dr. Akshey Goyal, Veterinary Officer village Sadda Singh wala deliberated on goat diseases and its management. Dr. Prabhdyal Singh, Fishery officer, Mansa delivered a lecture on Integrated Goat and Fish farming. while Mr. Rajat Kumar, Lead Bank Officer, SBI Mansa provided useful information on subsidy and loan schemes of the bank.
The vocational training programme concluded with a post-knowledge test to know the gain in knowledge level of trainees about goat farming. A whatsapp group was also formed to share the latest knowledge regarding goat and animal husbandry. The training concluded with expressing gratitude to all participants and motivating them to seek further technical guidance from the experts for their future endeavours in goat farming.