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Agro Universities, AgroPolicy, Poultry

Discussions were held on the role of poultry industry and its contributions to the national economy.

The ICAR-Directorate of Poultry Research, Hyderabad recently organised a national seminar on ‘Revisiting Poultry Production and Marketing Systems for Addressing the Fast Changing Consumer Preferences’ in Hyderabad. The seminar was organised in collaboration with the Indian Poultry Science Association, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Chapter.

The Chief Guest, Dr G Ranjith Reddy, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), Chevella Constituency, Telangana urged that the deliberations should focus on highlighting the health benefits of egg and chicken meat. He urged the industry to stay strong in the marketing, publicising and advertising their products. Dr Reddy also encouraged the young veterinary graduates for venturing into the poultry sector that has a lot of opportunities.

The Guest of Honor, Dr V Ravinder Reddy, Vice Chancellor, PV Narsimha Rao Telangana Veterinary University, Hyderabad emphasised on the need for supporting the poultry farmers by providing the feed ingredients on time at a reasonable cost.

Earlier, welcoming the dignitaries, Dr RN Chatterjee, Director, ICAR-DPR, Hyderabad underlined the role of poultry industry and its contributions to the national economy.

The scientists from ICAR-DPR, Hyderabad along with officials, staff and students from the veterinary university, poultry entrepreneurs and industry representatives from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana; officials from the Animal Husbandry Department and Members of IPSA-Telangana State and Andhra Pradesh Chapter participated in the seminar.

Discussions were held on the role of

Company News, Live Stock

ISO/IEC 17025 is one of the most important internationally recognised quality standards

NEOGEN Corporation recently announced that its Genetic Veterinary Sciences, Inc (GVS) facility has received ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accreditation from the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) — the highest recognised quality standard in the world for testing and calibration laboratories.

ISO/IEC 17025 is one of the most important internationally recognised quality standards and was developed to promote confidence in testing and calibration labs by setting requirements to demonstrate competency and ability to generate valid results.

Marylinn Munson, Vice President of Genomics at NEOGEN commented, “This accreditation exemplifies our discipline to upholding rigorous quality management systems. Veterinarians, breeders, and owners of companion animals around the world can be reassured that GVS tests are accurate, precise, and produce valid test results.”

ISO/IEC 17025 is one of the most

Acquaculture, Agro Universities, Agrotech, Allied Industry, Animal Health, Horticulture, Live Stock

The course organised by the Directorate of Extension Education, PAU, will culminate on March 18

A short course on ‘Communication and Management Skills for Transfer of Agrotechnology’ kicked off at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) under the aegis of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). The course, which has been organised by the Directorate of Extension Education, PAU, will culminate on March 18. 

A total of 21 participants, representing 14 states and one Union Territory, are attending the course. Scientists of 13 different disciplines (agronomy, agricultural extension education, aquaculture, biochemistry, home science extension education, horticulture, entomology, food science and technology, mechanical engineering, plant physiology, soil science, statistics and veterinary extension education) from 14 state agricultural universities/colleges and seven Krishi Vigyan Kendras have registered for the course.

 The chief guest Dr Ashok Kumar, Director of Extension Education, PAU and Course Director, said, “There are four main types of communication technology that have contributed to the ease of sending messages: telephone, radio, television and internet. Nowadays, social media platforms, blogs, vlogs, live video streams, conferencing and live lecture technology, group wikis, group forums, tablet computers, etc. are very common in use. All the modern techniques of different modes of communication must be target oriented.”

Dr KK Gill, Principal Agrometeorologist and Course Coordinator welcomed the dignitaries and the participants. She stated, “The new age IT tools have proved to be very helpful during the COVID-19 pandemic for the transfer of information to different stakeholders.”

Dr Simerjeet Kaur, Principal Agronomist and Course Coordinator, proposed a vote of thanks.

During the course, Dr Rajbir Singh, Director, ICAR-ATARI; Dr GS Buttar and Dr GPS Sodhi, Additional Directors of Extension Education; Dr TS Riar, Additional Director Communication, PAU and many other scientists and heads of the departments from other adjoining institutes will enrich the knowledge of the trainees. 

The course organised by the Directorate of