Ludhiana 05 August 2025- In a significant step towards promoting good farming practices in the Livestock and Agricultural sector, a farmers’ library was inaugurated at Mushkabad FAM Dairy Producer Company Limited, Village Mushkabad (Ludhiana). This innovative approach was executed under the esteemed leadership of Dr. J.P.S.Gill, Vice Chancellor, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana. 
 Dr Gill said that by visiting this farm library and after reading the farm literature, one will come to know about the latest scientific recommendations of the Universities, which will help in enhancing knowledge of farmers, thereby increasing productivity.
This farmers’ library has been opened under a research project entitled “Promotion of Farmers Producer Organization (FPO) on dairy Farming in district Ludhiana” operational under Directorate of Extension education and funded by National bank for Agriculture and Rural development (NABARD). 
Major farm publications of Vet Varsity and Punjab Agricultural University have been distributed to FPO. It is pertinent to mention here that the farm magazines – 'Vigiyanak Pashu Palan' and 'Changi Kheti' had already subscribed for five years to this library.
Sh. Sanjeev Kumar, DDM, NABARD (Ludhiana cluster) informed that that FPO is one of the major initiatives of Government of India which can help the farmers to organize themselves in to a group, provides a business outlook to the farming system, links farmers with the market so as to improve their socio-economic level. NABARD is providing financial hand held support to the farming community.
Dr Rajesh Kasrija, Principal Investigator, informed that this FPO has been registered under Indian Company act. This FPO is mainly working in the dairy and vegetable sector and has 170 shareholders. He informed that a training regarding value addition of milk products will be organized for the Board of Directors of this FPO and value added milk products will be made and sold by the farming community. S. Davinder Singh, Board of Director and S. Jasdeep Singh, CEO of FPO from Village Mushkabad helped in smooth conduct of this programme.