Training Modules

Agribusiness Leadership Program (ALP)

Training for Cooperatives and Farmers’ Producer Organizations

Team SRADHA-CABM

Empowering Agricultural Cooperatives & Farmers’ Organizations

The Centre for Agri-business Management (CABM) presents the Agribusiness Leadership Program (ALP)—a transformative training and coaching initiative designed to enhance the capacity, efficiency, and professionalism of agricultural cooperatives and Farmers’ Producer Organizations (FPOs).

About ALP

The ALP is a comprehensive program aimed at strengthening the supply chain of agri-products and food security in India. By equipping cooperatives and FPOs with the necessary skills, knowledge, and market linkages, ALP fosters sustainable agribusiness practices and enhances livelihoods.

Program Objectives

  • Capacity Building – Enhance leadership, governance, and financial management skills for cooperative and FPO leaders.
  • Value Chain Development – Strengthen linkages within the agri-product and food value chains to improve market access.
  • Business & Marketing Skills – Train farmers on pricing strategies, branding, and product differentiation to increase competitiveness.
  • Sustainability & Innovation – Promote climate-smart agriculture, sustainable practices, and technological advancements.
  • Financial Literacy & Access to Credit – Educate farmers on investment planning, credit management, and financial sustainability.

Who Can Benefit?

  • Agricultural Cooperatives
  • Farmers’ Producer Organizations (FPOs)
  • Rural Entrepreneurs in Agri-business
  • Self-Help Groups (SHGs) working in agricultural production and processing
  • Agribusiness Start-ups

Training Modules

  • Organizational Leadership & Governance – Strengthening decision-making, accountability, and cooperative management.
  • Market Linkages & Supply Chain Optimization – Enhancing connections with buyers, retailers, and exporters.
  • Agri-finance & Investment Strategies – Improving financial planning and access to agricultural credit.
  • Post-Harvest Management & Value Addition – Reducing losses and maximizing profitability through food processing.
  • Digital & Smart Farming Practices – Leveraging technology, AI, and data-driven decision-making.
  • Sustainable & Climate-resilient Farming – Adopting eco-friendly agricultural practices to ensure long-term productivity.

Why CABM?

  • Expert Trainers & Industry Mentors – Learn from leading professionals in agribusiness, finance, and market development.
  • Hands-on Training & Case Studies – Practical applications and real-world examples to drive impact.
  • Networking & Collaborations – Connect with agribusiness leaders, policymakers, and market players.
  • Customized Learning Approach – Tailored training modules to suit different cooperative and FPO needs.

Join Us in Strengthening India’s Agri-Value Chain

Become a part of this transformational journey and lead your cooperative or FPO towards greater success in the agribusiness sector.

Sustainable Goat Farming for Livelihood and Enterprise Development:

Model Curriculum for Goat Farmers

Team SRADHA-CABM

Target Group: Smallholder goat farmers, women SHG members, youth, pastoralists
Duration: 10–12 days
Mode: Classroom, field demonstration, audio-visuals, exposure visits

🔹 Day 1: Orientation & Importance of Goat Farming

  • Introduction to goat farming as a livelihood
  • Economic, nutritional, and social value of goats
  • Indigenous practices and scientific goat rearing: a comparative perspective
  • Gender and youth roles in goat farming

🔹 Day 2: Breed Selection & Characteristics

  • Overview of popular goat breeds (Black Bengal, Jamunapari, Beetal, Barbari, Boer, etc.)
  • Adaptability of breeds to local conditions
  • Purpose-specific breeds (meat, milk, dual purpose)
  • Breed improvement: crossbreeding, community breeding bucks

🔹 Day 3: Goat Housing & Shelter Management

  • Low-cost shed design using local materials
  • Ventilation, hygiene, raised platforms, spacing norms
  • Cleaning, drainage, and waste management
  • Housing for kids, sick goats, and pregnant does

🔹 Day 4: Nutrition, Feed & Fodder Management

  • Daily feed requirements (roughage, concentrates, minerals)
  • Fodder crops and kitchen waste utilization
  • Formulating cost-effective rations
  • Mineral mixture and salt lick importance
  • Fodder preservation (silage, hay)

🔹 Day 5: Goat Health Management & Disease Control

  • Common diseases (PPR, ET, FMD, internal parasites, pneumonia, etc.)
  • Vaccination schedule and deworming calendar
  • First aid and indigenous practices
  • Identification of sick animals
  • Introduction to Community Animal Health Workers/Para-vets

🔹 Day 6: Breeding Management

  • Breeding cycle and heat detection
  • Mating ratios and age of first breeding
  • Pregnancy care and kidding management
  • Record keeping and selection of breeding bucks
  • Artificial insemination and its prospects

🔹 Day 7: Kid Rearing & Management

  • Colostrum feeding and kid survival
  • Castration techniques and care
  • Creep feeding and early weaning
  • Kid mortality and prevention strategies

🔹 Day 8: Marketing & Value Chain Understanding

  • Goat and kid pricing practices
  • Traditional vs. modern markets
  • Grading, weighing, and price negotiation
  • Collective selling through FPOs/cooperatives
  • Scope of value-added products: meat, manure, skin

🔹 Day 9: Enterprise Development & Record Keeping

  • Goat farming as a microenterprise
  • Cost-benefit analysis of small and medium units
  • Business planning and simple record maintenance
  • Understanding goat insurance and credit facilities

🔹 Day 10: Government Schemes, Digital Tools & Financial Linkages

  • Introduction to NABARD, NRLM, AH Department schemes
  • Animal Health Cards, Livestock Insurance
  • Using mobile apps for goat farming and e-market access
  • SHG/FPO-based collective goat farming models

🔹 Day 11: Exposure Visit / Practical Demonstration

  • Visit to model goat farms, veterinary units, organized markets, feed processing units
  • Hands-on: deworming, vaccination, weighing, castration

🔹 Day 12: Review, Assessment & Certification

  • Group discussion and recap
  • Q&A and sharing field experiences
  • Individual action plans by trainees
  • Distribution of toolkits (posters, booklets, goat calendars)
  • Feedback and certification

Training Materials Required

  • Posters & flipbooks (breed chart, disease chart)
  • Videos (housing models, vaccination process, kidding)
  • Toolkits: Weighing tape, hoof cutters, mineral mix samples
  • Booklets in local language (Odia/Hindi/Bangla)
  • Goat health calendar and vaccination chart

Suggested Trainers/Facilitators

  • Veterinary doctors / Livestock Inspectors
  • Goat farming practitioners (model farmers)
  • SHG / FPO leaders
  • NGO facilitators
  • Officials from Animal Husbandry Dept., ATMA, NRLM/OLM

Follow-up Support

  • Monthly health camps
  • Mobile vet clinics and WhatsApp groups
  • Linkages to markets, banks, and insurance
  • Performance monitoring (weight gain, mortality reduction)

Trainer’s Manual: Sustainable Goat Farming for Livelihood and Enterprise Development

Target Audience: Goat Farmers (Smallholders, SHG Members, Youth) Training Duration: 10–12 Days Training Format: Classroom + Practical + Exposure Visit

Day 1: Orientation & Importance of Goat Farming

Objectives:

  • Understand goat farming as a viable livelihood
  • Appreciate the socio-economic and nutritional value of goats

Content:

  • Importance in rural economy
  • Role in nutrition and food security
  • Cultural and gender perspectives in goat farming

Trainer Tips:

  • Use stories of successful goat farmers
  • Show introductory video or images
  • Facilitate group discussion on local goat-rearing practices

Day 2: Breed Selection & Characteristics

Objectives:

  • Identify suitable goat breeds
  • Understand breed characteristics for milk/meat

Content:

  • Overview of local & improved breeds (Black Bengal, Beetal, Jamunapari)
  • Traits: disease resistance, productivity, climate suitability

Trainer Tips:

  • Bring visual aids or live examples
  • Discuss pros and cons of breeds with trainees

Day 3: Goat Housing & Shelter Management

Objectives:

  • Understand housing requirements
  • Design low-cost, hygienic sheds

Content:

  • Floor spacing, ventilation, waste management
  • Model shed layouts

Trainer Tips:

  • Use model layout diagrams
  • Group activity to design model shed using local materials

Day 4: Nutrition, Feed & Fodder Management

Objectives:

  • Learn about goat dietary needs
  • Promote low-cost feeding practices

Content:

  • Types of feed, seasonal fodder crops, mineral mix
  • Daily feeding schedules

Trainer Tips:

  • Demonstrate local feed formulation
  • Visit local fodder plots or model feed banks

Day 5: Goat Health Management & Disease Control

Objectives:

  • Recognize symptoms of common diseases
  • Follow vaccination and deworming schedules

Content:

  • PPR, FMD, ET, parasites
  • Goat health card

Trainer Tips:

  • Bring sample vaccines/syringes
  • Invite vet or para-vet for demonstration

Day 6: Breeding Management

Objectives:

  • Understand breeding cycles
  • Ensure quality breeding and buck management

Content:

  • Heat detection, gestation, AI vs. natural mating
  • Pregnancy care

Trainer Tips:

  • Use diagrams and real-life stories
  • Emphasize on record keeping and breeding selection

Day 7: Kid Rearing & Management

Objectives:

  • Improve survival rates of kids
  • Learn best practices in early-stage care

Content:

  • Colostrum feeding, kid penning, creep feeding
  • Castration, kid vaccination

Trainer Tips:

  • Show video clips of good kid management practices
  • Use role play or simulation

Day 8: Marketing & Value Chain Understanding

Objectives:

  • Understand market linkages
  • Learn pricing, grading and negotiation skills

Content:

  • Traditional vs. organized marketing
  • Scope for value-added products

Trainer Tips:

  • Simulate a livestock market activity
  • Invite local goat trader/market agent

Day 9: Enterprise Development & Record Keeping

Objectives:

  • Encourage business thinking in goat farming
  • Introduce simple record keeping tools

Content:

  • Cost-benefit analysis, cashbook, production records
  • Sample business plans

Trainer Tips:

  • Distribute record book templates
  • Group work on mini-business plans

Day 10: Schemes, Financial Linkages, Digital Tools

Objectives:

  • Inform about schemes and insurance
  • Introduce goat-related mobile apps and e-markets

Content:

  • NRLM, NABARD, Livestock Insurance
  • ICT tools for goat farmers

Trainer Tips:

  • Invite bank officer/insurance agent
  • Use digital demo sessions (if possible)

Day 11: Exposure Visit

Objectives:

  • Learn from practical examples and model farms

Activities:

  • Visit goat farms, feed units, vet hospitals, marketing yards
  • Field interactions with model farmers

Trainer Tips:

  • Prepare checklist for observation
  • Encourage farmers to ask questions

Day 12: Assessment & Certification

Objectives:

  • Recap learnings and finalize individual action plans

Activities:

  • Oral quiz, case studies
  • Action planning by participants
  • Feedback collection and certificate distribution

Trainer Tips:

  • Keep the session participatory
  • Celebrate successful learners

Annexure:

  • Sample Goat Health Calendar
  • Breed and Feed Charts
  • Record-Keeping Formats
  • Vaccination Schedule (PPR, FMD, HS, etc.)
  • Sample Business Plan Format

End of Manual

Participant Handbook for Goat Farmers Training Program

Day 1: Introduction to Goat Farming

  • Importance of goat farming in rural livelihoods
  • Overview of goat breeds in India
  • Goat farming and income generation

Day 2: Goat Breeds and Selection

  • Identification of suitable breeds for Bihar and Odisha (e.g., Black Bengal, Jamunapari, Beetal)
  • Traits and productivity
  • Criteria for selecting healthy goats

Day 3: Housing and Shelter Management

  • Low-cost shed designs
  • Space requirements, ventilation, hygiene
  • Waste management and bio-security

Day 4: Feeding Management

  • Fodder varieties and cultivation
  • Concentrate feeding and nutrition balance
  • Water requirements and feeding schedule

Day 5: Breeding Management

  • Natural and artificial insemination
  • Breeding cycle and mating practices
  • Pregnancy care

Day 6: Health and Disease Management

  • Common diseases (PPR, Foot & Mouth, Enterotoxaemia)
  • Vaccination schedule
  • Deworming and basic first aid

Day 7: Kid Rearing and Management

  • Colostrum feeding and early care
  • Weaning and growth monitoring
  • Castration practices

Day 8: Record Keeping and Farm Economics

  • Daily records (births, deaths, feed, treatment)
  • Cost-benefit analysis
  • Preparing simple profit and loss statements

Day 9: Value Addition and Marketing

  • Meat and milk processing
  • By-product utilization (manure, skin)
  • Market linkage strategies

Day 10: Government Schemes and Financial Linkages

  • NABARD and state livestock development programs
  • Accessing veterinary services and insurance
  • Loans, subsidies, and SHG involvement

Day 11: Exposure Visit

  • Visit to a successful goat farm
  • Interaction with progressive farmers
  • Learning from best practices

Day 12: Recap, Assessment, and Graduation

  • Q&A, revision of key lessons
  • Participant evaluation
  • Distribution of certificates

Annexures

  • Glossary of terms
  • Do’s and Don’ts in Goat Farming
  • Sample vaccination and feeding charts
  • Useful contacts (Veterinary services, Agriculture office, NGOs)

Note: This handbook is a learning companion for farmers and complements the practical sessions facilitated by the trainer.

Small Poultry Farmer

Team SRADHA-CABM

Objective: The program is aimed at training ASM workers for the job of Small Poultry Farmer and aims at building the following key competencies amongst the youth.

Training Outcomes: After completing this programme, participants will be able to:

  • Rear the poultry birds: Introduction to poultry farming, site selection, accommodation arrangements, handling of birds, feed and water.
  • Maintain the health of birds: Birds diseases, symptoms, culling, vaccination etc.
  • Practice harvest and post harvest: Harvest of eggs, handling of eggs, Post harvest care, packing, transportation, marketing skills etc.
  • Become well verse with environment health and safety: Well versed with health and safety measures in terms of personal safety and others as well.

Modules

1. Introduction:

  • General instructions to the trainee.
  • Understand the role of a small poultry Farmer and the progression pathways.
  • Understand and study the scopes and opportunities in the poultry industry.

2.Prepare and maintain accommodation for poultry birds:

  • Prepare the shed for poultry birds- ventilation opening, feeder, water, moisture level, dust.
  • Clean, disinfectant, sanitize and fumigate the tools/ equipments and shed.
  • Understan and maintain the comfort environment for chicks- adequate light, heat, clean water, feed.
  • Understand and create the footbath at the entrance.
  • Handle poultry birds in poultry sheds:
  • Understand the behavior of poultry birds.
  • Identify and use the tools/ equipments required.
  • Follow the procedures to place the birds into the accommodation.

3. Handling of birds.

  • Regular monitoring of poultry birds.
  • Regular cleaning of the shed, floor and water containers and nests according to the bird accommodation and specification.

4. Provide feed and water for birds:

  • Feed composition required for the poultry birds.
  • Preparation of feed with appropriate mixture of feed and supplements.
  • Calculate the quantity of feed to be delivered to birds.
  • Regular inspection and monitoring of poultry birds.
  • Proper Maintenance of feed and water equipment.
  • Disposal of waste from feeding and watering system.
  • Understand the feed conversation ratio of poultry birds.

5. Maintain health of birds at poultry farm:

  • Understand the different types of vaccines and time period.
  • Understand the diseases and management.
  • Record the weight of the birds at regular interval.
  • Monitor the physical condition of the birds at suitable intervals, and recognized, record and report any abnormal signs.
  • Manage waste safely and correctly in accordance with regulatory requirements.
  • Use and store drugs, medication and equipment in accordance with veterinary operating instructions.
  • Record and maintain the complete medication / treatment report.

6. Harvest eggs and meat from the birds:

  • Estimate the number of eggs to be harvested from shed
  • Collection of eggs
  • Handling of eggs
  • Time and harvesting
  • Identify and harvest the birds for meat purpose.

7. Maintain post harvest cleanliness:

  • Scheduling for post harvest clean out.
  • Follow the clean out activities
  • Remove bedding
  • Brush the floor
  • Scrub the feed pans
  • Clean out water lines
  • Scrub fan blades and other equipments
  • Check rodent stations
  • Identify and use the tools/ equipments required for the clean out process.
  • Use of disinfectants.
  • Follow the standard biosecurity principle/ procedures.
  • Market information management.
  • Client relationship management.

8. Marketing.

  • Complete documentation and record keeping related to poultry farming:
  • Document and maintain records of layers and broilers ( related to small poultry farm ).
  • Document and maintain records related to poultry production ( related to small poultry farm).
  • Document and maintain financial records ( related to small poultry farm ).

9. Safety, hygiene and sanitation of poultry farm:

  • Perform general safety rules.
  • Gain knowledge of various health hazards relevant to workplace and basic first aid training.
  • Understand and handle the emergency situation in workplace and during any farm operation.

Training Equipments required

Laptop, white board, marker, projector, Record Keeping Book, disinfectants, feedrer, waterer, first aid kit

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