STRY training on ‘piggery, fish products’ held in Niuland, Peren

A six-day Skill Training of Rural Youth (STRY) on “piggery rearing and nutrient management for enhancing productivity” and “value addition of fish products” organised by Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA) Dimapur ad ATMA Peren, respectively, in association with State Agricultural Management and Extension Training Institute (SAMETI), Nagaland and National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE) Hyderabad culminated on Saturday.
A press release by ATMA Dimapur informed that the training on “piggery rearing and nutrient management for enhancing productivity” organised at District Agriculture Officer (DAO) Niuland, office aimed offer modular skill training opportunities for rural youths based on local needs and to create a pool of skilled manpower to perform farm and non-farm operations.
Briefing the trainees during the training, DPD ATMA Dimapur, Avitoli K. Yeptho said STRY programme was aimed to impart skill-based training to rural youths on agri-based vocational areas.
Resource persons of the six days training were ACTO (Animal Sc.) from KVK-ICAR, Medziphema, Dr. Ebibeni Ngullie and VAS, Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry, Dr. T. Vekuto Sema. They spoke on the importance of selection of breeds, breeding management, care during pregnancy and farrowing, feeding management, housing of pig and disease management.
Resource persons from ATMA, BTM (Kuhuboto Block), Akavi Holo and BTM (Niuland Block), Demalu Hasnusa highlighted the trainees on the success stories of piggery farmers and Self Help Groups (SHGs), piggery farm schools and vaccination drives conducted by ATMA with veterinary department during various activities.
The training also included field visits to piggery farms of progressive farmers for 17 youth participants registered from nine villages under Niuland.
Peren: The STRY on “value addition of fish products” was held at
Mhainamtsi village, Peren district with the objective of impart skill-based training to rural to youths so as to create skilled manpower to promote employment in rural areas and encourage them to take up such ventures for income generation.
A press release by ATMA Peren informed that during the training, resource person, district fishery officer and project director ATMA, Peren district, C. Dory Yanthan deliberated on the status, market size, scope of fish processing in Nagaland and India as a whole, and encouraged on the entrepreneurship opportunities of fishery products. She also educated the participants on the health benefits of fishes, handling and freezing of fishery products, dressing/ filleting, mince-based fishery products, specialty fish products etc.
The training consisted of practical sessions where the participants were trained on fish handling and making various value added fish products, simultaneously training them on the packaging labeling etc.
Upon the completion of the training course, self-assessment test for the 20 participants was conducted and certificates were awarded.