Indian Council of Agricultural Research is celebrating ‘Jai Kisan Jai Vigyan’ Week from 23 December to 29 December 2015 on the birth anniversary of former Prime Ministers Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Late Shri Chaudhary Charan Singh. The celebration is being organized keeping in view their immense contribution for promoting use of science for the welfare of farmers. ICAR Institutes including state agricultural universities and KVKs across the country are organizing various farmer awareness programs aiming showcasing and demonstration of new technological advances for enhancing productivity and profitability of agriculture.

Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar is participating in this celebration under the guidance of Hon.Vice-Chancellor, Prof.(Dr.) Ashok A Patel. Under this event Brucellosis awareness cum screening camp was organized by Department of Animal Biotechnology, College of Veterinary Science and AH, SDAU, Sardarkrushinagar.

The camp was organized in the village Kushkal, Dist: Banaskantha . In this camp Dr. Bharatsingh Chandel, gave the brief information about Brucellosis and other diseases and how they can be prevented. The farmers and animal owners were also appraised about the various facilities provided by S.D.Agricultural University for the diagnosis of diseases. In this camp milk samples from Cooperative dairy were collected for screening of Brucellosis. A booklet on Brucellosis in Gujarati was also distributed to the farmers.

Source: Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University