Thursday, September 27, 2012

PAU TO ORGANISE VARIOUS TRAINING COURSES IN OCTOBER

LUDHIANA, SEPTEMBER 27:



The Directorate of Extension Education (DEE) of the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) will organize various training courses in October.



Dr M.S. Gill, Director of Extension Education, said that a staff training course on "Biogas plants" will be held from October 3 to 5 at Kairon Kisan Ghar (KKG) of the PAU. The Agriculture Development Officers (ADOs), Horticulture Development Officers (HDOs), engineers of Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) and technicians of Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) and Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) will participate in the course.



Meanwhile, DEE in association with PAU Department of Microbiology will conduct a five-day training course on "Mushroom cultivation" from October 8 to 12 at KKG, informed Dr Gill. The farm experts will shed light on the importance of mushrooms, their seed production, marketing, economics, food value, and disease and insect-pest management in addition to substrate preparation. Besides, the trainees will be apprised of the cultivation of various mushroom varieties including dhingri, milky mushroom and shiitaki mushroom, he told, saying that the registration for the course will be held on October 8 at slated venue at 9.30 a.m.



Another training programme will be organized for the officers of category II and III of Food Corporation of India, from October 8- 14 at PAU Farmers' Service Centre. Dr Gill said that the experts will dwell upon the grading, classification and quality assurance of cereal and coarse grains, factors affecting quality of food grains and quality specifications and quality control equipments and procedures. The trainees will be educated about effect of various factors on storage of food grains with focus on importance of moisture and temperature, added he. The subject specialists will also delve upon the modern bulk storage and online quality control checks, handling of equipments used in modern grain storage and milling system, rice milling and quality control in modern rice mills, nutrition upgradation of damaged grains for use as animal feed and identification and management of insect-pests of stored grains. Dr Gill told that the safe use of pesticides in stored grains, problems and management of pesticide residue in stored grains, procurement policy and marketing practices of food grains will be the other highlights of the programme. The registration for the training will take place on October 8 at scheduled place at 9.00 a.m.



Apart from this, a training course on "Preparation of different food items" will be organized on October 11 and 12 and be jointly supervised by DEE and PAU Department of Food Science and Technology. Dr Gill said that the experts will impart practical as well as theoretical training to the farm women in the making of noodles, pasta and various types of snacks. The registration for the programme will be held on October 11 at 9.00 a.m. at KKG.



Besides, a training course on "Beneficial birds as bio-control agents and bird management in agriculture" and "Role of public-private partnership in agri-development" will be organized on October 19 and 23, respectively, for (ADOs), District Extension Specialists (DESs) and KVK scientists, informed he.
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