YOGYAKARTA, Suaramerdeka.com – Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) of Gadjah Mada University is back in organizing beef cattle breeding training titled Commercial Cattle Breeding and Management Training Program Batch IV, which is a collaboration with the Indonesia-Australia Red Meat and Cattle Partnership on 2-25 September 2019.
Dean of the Faculty of Animal Sciences UGM, Prof. Dr. Ir. Ali Agus, DAA., DEA., IPU, at the opening of this training at the Grand Aston Hotel – Yogyakarta stated, FAS UGM was trusted to be the organizer of breeding training for the second time.
“We will not teach participants, who have run a cattle ranch business with a wealth of experience. But we will refresh the theory, share research results, experiences – including the experiences of others we have accommodated. We only become facilitators,” he said.
He explained, this training was useful to ignite enthusiasm to arrange efforts to achieve efficiency in beef cattle breeding, especially in the breeding segment, through various approaches. Among these are the management of reproduction, nutrition, and animal health by utilizing local resources to answer the actual problems in the breeding business being carried out.
Muhamad Isradi Alireja, Team Leader Advisory and Support Group, Indonesia-Australia Red Meat and Cattle Partnership stated that this training was attended by 20 participants from representatives of beef cattle breeding companies and cattle ranchers groups. They will attend indoor training sessions, field trips to campuses and cattle ranching (breeding and rearing) in Indonesia (2-15 September) and in Australia (16-25 September).
He said, each beef cattle farm location visited was unique, with different potential and environmental conditions, and of course had different problems. “We are here to share experiences, also capture, gather and identify problems. After this training, participants will be given the opportunity to take part in a series of competency tests as Cattle Breeding Manager,” he explained.
Course leader, Ir. Panjono, S.Pt., MP., Ph.D., IPM said at the end of this training that the trainees received assignments in the form of individual projects with an implementation period of between 3-6 months, to apply directly the knowledge gained in the place of work.
“Projects do not have to be expensive, can be simple things, for example making mineral blocks formulated for the parent. Then participants from batch III and batch IV training will be gathered, to present their projects. Reporting does not need to use the journal format, enough with the PowerPoint presentation file format, he explained.
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