Internship Report

March-4 to June-30 2014

M Usman Rashid
09-ARID-50

INTERNSHIP STATION
DAIRY RURAL DEVELOPMENT
FOUNDATION, DAIRY PROJECT,
FIELD OPERATION
DEPARTMENT (KAMALIA AND
HASILPUR ZONES)

Introduction
DRDF is a charitable, non-profitable, non-political and nongovernment organization (NGO).
Established in 1996
Provides a platform to create links between farmers, self
employed breed technicians, and dairy development agencies
working for the dairy sector betterment in the country.

The Dairy Project

Joint venture of USAID and DRDF
Target Areas
South Punjab

Time Frame
3 Years

Partners in Project

Funding
USAID
NESTLE

Selection

Followup

DRDF
Evaluati
on

Training

Components
Community
Awareness
AITs
Training

DRDF

Farm
Manager
Training

Training of
WLEWs

Farmer
Training

Working During Internship

Follow-up Kamalia
Marketing Coordinator Hasilpur
Working With Silage Team
Nestle Sursabz Farm

Activities

Follow-up Kamalia Zone

Kamalia Zone

Kamalia Zone
(Follow up Teams)

Team
Total 6 teams Worked in Kamalia zone
Team Name: CK-03
Area: Kamalia, Chichawatni, Harapa, Sahiwal, Arifwala and
Burewala

Kamalia Follow-up
Team CK-03

WLEWs

192

Farmers

560

Kamalia Zone
Working status of WLEWs
Team CK-03
Total No of WLEWs

192

Working

158

Non working

33

Rehabilitated

86

Kit replaced

Kamalia Zone
Graphical representation:
Working status of WLEWs Team CK-03

Income Trend of WLEWs of Model clusters of team CK-03

Kamalia Zone
Trained farmers status
Team Pk-01

Team Pk02

Team CK03

Team CK04

Total No of Farmers

534

526

560

583

Free access of
water

115

108

122

119

Vaccination

380

460

350

410

De-worming

350

510

410

310

silage making

17

28

39

21

Kamalia Zone
Graphical representation:
Kamalia zone farmers status

Activities During Follow-up

Individual Visits
Monthly Meeting
Community Meeting
Interbeneficiary Meeting
Motivation and Rehabilitation
Farm Up-gradation/Model Farms
Success Story and Reward Ceremonies
Awareness Campaign
Vaccination and Deworming Camps
VMC exam and Kit distribution
Kamalia Zone Closing Ceremony

Topics Discussed in Meetings

(I.e. Group meeting, cluster meeting, induction meetings, Interbeneficiary meeting, farmer help camps, silage demonstration and awareness meetings)

Deworming
Vaccination
Health status of animal
Diseases of animals like FMD,
Mastitis& HS etc.
Parasites infection
Silage making
Hygienic measurement about
surrounding and manger
Dairy Farming
Technical Practices/methods
Free water access to animals

Vanda feeding to animals

Seed cake discouragement
Deworming & Vaccination
knowledge, schedule
Care of newborn
Medicines
Teat dipping
Artificial insemination
Record keeping
Breed improvement
Shed improvement ( fencing,
model construction)

Activities During Follow-up

Individual
visits

Quarterly Follow-up Survey Of farmers

and WLEWs
M & E survey Kamalia Zone

Marketing Coordinator Hasilpur

Team

Total 8 teams Worked in Hasilpur zone

Team Name: Marketing and helpline team
Area: Provide assistance and support to all teams as per need
Working:
I. to support beneficiaries to have better access to markets
II. Supports beneficiaries by providing helpline no. , Stakeholder list, price list for medicine and Vanda of various
companies, order insurance and new product information.
III. Plans meetings and help camps by identifying, assembling,
and coordinating requirements; and establishing contacts;

Activities

Providing helpline no.

Support beneficiaries to have better access to markets
Stakeholder list
Price list for medicine and Vanda
Order insurance
Plan meetings and help camps
Dairy Points Establishment

Dairy points (Hasilpur zone)

Sr.
no.
1

Name

village

WLEW

Brand

Itefaq Dairy Point

151/M

Noor Zehra

ICI

Falcon Dairy Point

80/F

Fatima

ICI

Star Dairy Point

140/M

Shazia

Alkaram

Tiger Dairy Point

7/FW

Asma

Alkaram

Innovative Dairy Point

23/G

BFB Striver Dairy Point

441/6 R

Dream Dairy Point

Rashida
Alkaram
Asghar
Shaheen
Alkaram
Akhtar
Samina Kausar Alkaram

8
9

Basti Marle,
Moza Talhar
Islamnagar
Dairy Islam-nagar,
Point
basti soda
Rose Group Dairy Point 8/FW Jattanwala

Abida bibi

Alkaram

Humaira Majid

Alkaram

Dairy Point

Working with Silage Team

List of Activities
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.

silage awareness complain

Silage Demonstration,
Silage nominations,
Crop checking,
Silage dig-out stage checking,
Silage feeding,
Provide links for silage machine to local community

Activities

Silage digout stage

checking

Exposure Visit Of Nestle Sursabz Farm

Activities at the farm

Feeding
Milking of animals (Milking Parlor)
Teat Dipping
Silage making
Cleaning of sheds
Agronomy of farm
Biogas plant
Chiller Room
Machineries at Nestle farm