Dairy News | Training Workshop for Women Dairy Cooperative Members of Afghanistan by NDDB.

A senior official said, the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) has organized a five-day training workshop for 12 women members of dairy cooperative of Afghanistan at Anand near.

NDDB Chairman T Nanda Kumar said, "In pursuit of a sustainable dairy development agenda and recognizing the need to boost livelihoods of smallholder dairy farmers, NDDB organized a five-day orientation programme for the women dairy cooperative members from the provinces of Kabul, Logar and Parwan of Afghanistan during December 7-11, 2015 at NDDB, Anand."

An NDDB release said, this programme is a sequel to the NDDB collaborative regional meeting held at Anand in March, 2015. In that experts and policy makers from Asia and the Pacific met to discuss and adopt a strategic framework for sustainable dairy development in Asia.

Kumar said "Dairying provides food, family nutrition and incomes to women. Engagement of women needs to be viewed as a tool for socio-economic empowerment."

Source: http://www.business-standard.com/

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