NALBARI: State Innovation and Transformation Aayog (SITA) vice chairman Ramen Deka attended the closing ceremony of a two-day training programme of the project, “Integrated Approaches for Women Empowerment adopting Scientific organized Goat Farming for Livelihood enhancement and establishment of Model Goat Farm” which was organized by Goat Research Station, Burnihat, Director of Research (Vety), Assam Agricultural University in collaboration with Anajori Development Society. It was held in Nalbari on Friday. The project was funded by the State Innovation and Transformation Aayog (SITA), Assam and implemented by Assam Agricultural University in collaboration with Anajori Development Society, Nalbari.
Vice chairman Ramen Deka addressing the programme, emphasized the objective of the project which is for the uplift of socio-economic condition and economic empowerment of rural women. He said that the project will generate awareness for the women farming community with special emphasis on goat farming and will upgrade their skill. He further said that it will establish a village level knowledge sharing centre for dissemination of technology and serve as a capacity building of women farmers for undertaking goat farming as business enterprise.
The programme was attended by BN Bhatacharjee, Director of Research (Vety), Assam Agricultural University, Dr. Dipak Bhuyan, Chief Scientist, Goat Research Centre, Burnihat, Sri D.S Hazari, ARO SITA and other officials including many members of Anajori Development Society.
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