LAHORE:Three three-day hands-on learning on ‘Dairy Laboratory Analysis Skills’ concluded at city campus here on Saturday. The Department of Dairy Technology of the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Lahore in collaboration with Livestock and Dairy Development Department Punjab (L&DD) organized the ceremony under the project of ‘Capacity Building of dairy farmers & industry stakeholders on milk value chain’. Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Nasim Ahmad and Additional Secretary (Technical) Livestock & Dairy Development Department Punjab Dr Iqbal Shahid co-chaired the ceremony and distributed certificates among the participants. President Dairy Cattle Farmers Association Shakir Umar Gujjar, Project Director Dr Muhammad Junaid and 23 participants/professionals, livestock farmers from public and private sectors dairy industry were also present.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Iqbal Shahid said that by imparting latest innovative practical knowledge and skills to dairy professional, meat and milk production could be enhanced. He said the development of livestock sector was the top priority of government. Prof Dr Nasim Ahmad thanked livestock department for providing financial assistance to make the project successful. He said it was direly needed to start social media campaign to create awareness among public regarding latest innovative knowledge and skills for the uplift of dairy industry. He also sought suggestion/inputs from the participants to make such training more informative for the next batches. Shakir Umar Gujjar presented commendable certificates and Sindhi Ajrak to Dr Iqbal Shahid and Prof Dr Nasim Ahmad for acknowledging the UVAS and livestock department’s lead role for the development of dairy sector in the country. The objectives of hands-on learning were to enable the participants about basic milk testing techniques for the good quality milk and milk products, professional need learning of different analytical tools for evaluation of milk and milk products quality in order to good quality products in the market and video production of hands-on learning fully equipped laboratories reading materials.