To build the capacity of livestock technicians to address poultry health needs in Pô.
As part of its strategy, the 2SCALE program intends to have an impact on the poultry sector through actions undertaken in collaboration with players in the value chain. The latter have noted the lack of poultry health care providers in the Pô region. The introduction of KORAVET, a veterinary practice, into the poultry partnership is designed to support stakeholders in the identification of recurrent poultry diseases, farm monitoring, feeding, advisory support and many other poultry health issues. This support took the form of a training course held from November 28 to December 8, 2022 in Pô, with the aim of building the capacity of ten (10) livestock technicians on specific poultry issues. For the trainer, Mr. Jacques Korapiou ADAH, head of the KORAVET structure, the technician is an essential service provider in the value chain if, and only if, he or she responds effectively to producers' expectations in terms of advisory support.
In many cases, this remains a loss of earnings, as Firmin Yoda, a livestock technician in Pô, told us:
Assièta GUIGMA, livestock technician, said:
The training on capacity building for livestock technicians will help to strengthen the skills of livestock technicians living in Po on specific poultry issues, said Mr. Jacques Korapiou ADAH. The modules taught during this training course were carried out by prioritizing a theoretical and practical approach through an introduction to poultry farming in general (recurring diseases, feeding, marketing, etc.), working groups and field trips (farm visits, vaccination, autopsy practice in the event of disease, discussion sessions with agricultural promoters, a.s.o.).
According to Firmin YODA :
Livestock technicians able to make up for shortcomings in poultry health services in the Pô area
At the end of this training course, the concerns of producers and promoters regarding support for their farms seem to have disappeared. Indeed, for Flore Hien and the other technicians who benefited from the training :
To this end, Mr. Jacques Korapiou ADAH, head of KORAVET, urged them to be very proactive, to develop innovative approaches and to seize every opportunity in this respect.
Towards the emergence of projects in the poultry sector
The majority of the technicians trained, enriched by the new knowledge they have acquired, have not failed to develop projects in the poultry sector. They see this as a gateway to entrepreneurship, especially since specialization was not part of their basic training. In this respect, Flore Hien, a livestock technician, declared that,
As for Firmin Yoda, he has always felt a lack of interest or even indifference to the poultry industry.
However, at the end of the training, he says:
What's more, the enthusiasm and willingness of all the trained technicians to provide poultry health support in the Pô locality is very real, which is a favorable response to the complaints of poultry partnership stakeholders.