As part of the Kvesheti-Kobi road project, funded by the Asian Development Bank, the people affected by the project were given training an animal husbandry.
FAO Organisation – participates in the introduction of the organisation’s field of activity in Georgia. The first training session was devoted to “Livestock” and helping local farmers to produce quality milk and dairy products, and the second session was devoted to “Livestock” and “Cheese production”.
The training provided information on milk and its composition, lactation, cotrum, milking intervals, hygienic processing of milk and the stages of cattle milking. The participants were informed about the importance of milk cooling and pasteurisation.
The meeting was attended by 9 farmers affected by the project from Khvesheti and Arakhveti.
The training was conducted in presentation mode, followed by discussion on various topics.
A further training course will be held on “Mastitis: Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment”.
The aim of the project is to help local farmers produce high quality milk and dairy products.
