National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) could provide first hand practical information and training on scientific dairy farming to 315 members of different dairy co-operative societies in seven different batches of 90 villages of six blocks of Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh in a one month time, told Dr. Dalip K. Gosain Head of the Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) and the Dairy Training Centre (DTC) of this Institute here today.

While interacting with the members of these groups Dr. Gosain found that majority of them were having local breeds of buffaloes having average milk production of seven litres and only a few had cross-bred cattle with average milk production of 10 litres per day. While addressing the seventh group comprising of 25 women and 27 dairy farmers all members of different dairy co-operative societies sponsored by Pradeshik Co-operative Dairy Federation (PCDF) Meerut he stressed today that the dairy farm families should improve the breeds of their herd through artificial insemination. so that they could earn additional profits by getting more milk through their improved dairy herd with same family labour and infrastructural facilities. He strongly mentioned that keeping elite breed of ‘Murrah’ buffaloes and ‘Karan-Fries’ cross bred cattle could be more profitable for them.

Dr. Gosain said to the members of all these visiting groups that they being members of the dairy co-operative societies have no problems in selling the cow milk and therefore should keep more cross bred cattle that would be more profitable.

Dr.D.S.Sohi Principal Scientist and Incharge of Agriculture Technology Information Centre (ATIC) who also interacted with all the members of the visiting groups could acquaint them with fodder production technologies.

Dr. Satya Pal, Mrs Saroj Mehta and Mr. Brij Kishore and Mr.D.R.Sukhija Technical officers of the KVK interacted with the trainees on different aspects of breed improvement, scientific feeding, clean milk production and primary health care. The members of different dairy co-operative societies of Meerut were shown the elite breeds of cattle and buffaloes at the NDRI Cattle Yard and interactions with the dairy farmers were also organized in villages.

Mr. Ram Pal Singh Chauan Assistant Manager milk procurement, PCDF, Gangol, Meerut who coordinated these seven visits said that the dairy farmers and farm women were immensely benefited that would lead to more milk production in the district.

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National Dairy Research Institute is a Deemed University located at Karnal, India