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    • 3. Animal nutrition and feeding
    • 4. Water management and supply
    • 5. Fertility and breeding
    • 6. Calving, calf rearing & young stock management
    • 7. Milking and milk hygiene/ handling
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Use of natural resources, compost making, use of farmyard manure and manure storage and use for fertilization

Level 3 - Extension Workers, Input & Service Providers
Introduction
1. You will learn about...
2. Introduction
3. Why conserve natural resources?
4. How to conserve natural resources
5. Sustainable farming practices
6. Soil erosion
7. Water and soil pollution
8. Impact of water & soil pollution
9. Deforestation
10. Deforestation Cont'd...
11. Enhancing biodiversity
12. Global warming
13. Global warming Cont'd...
14. Management of energy sources
15. Recycling resources in dairy
16. Advantage of waste recycling
17. Recycling water
18. Bio-digester (Biogas)
19. Farm yard manure (FYM)
20. Compost making
21. Making compost manure
22. Compost pit for large farms
23. Factors to consider when designing a compost pile
24. Balancing factors inside the compost pit
25. Carbon, Nitrogen ratio balance (C:N)
26. Carbon, Nitrogen ratio balance (C:N) Cont'd...
27. Phases of composting
28. Phases of composting Cont'd...
29. Phases of composting Cont'd...
30. Importance of compost manure
31. Commonly used compost making methods
32. Commonly used compost making methods Cont'd...
33. Signs of ready manure
34. Vermicomposting