(Dr Shoaib Sultan Afridi guided by Prof M Subhan Qureshi on his PhD thesis research; he has come up with useful effects of Omega-3 fats dies on the quality of goat’s semen through out the year.)
Member Organizing Committee DSP I – Peshawar 2011: Dr Shoaib Sultan Afridi, Animal Nutritionist DSP assisted as member organizing committee for the First International Conference and Industrial Exhibitions on Diary Science Park was held on November 21-23, 2011 at the Agricultural University Peshawar, with the theme, “Developing a hub of dairy enterprises in the flood affected regions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa through partnership of academia, government, entrepreneurs & civil society”. Cooperation was provided by the Extension and Research wings of the Livestock and Dairy Development, Pakistan Veterinary Medical Association and Livestock Trainers and Consultants as organizing partners.
HEC assisted as the main sponsor, followed by financial assistance of Alltech Pakistan Ltd, Ghazi Brothers, Karachi: Inter-cooperation (IC) Pakistan, Peshawar. ICI Pakistan and Naseem Traders/Romer Lab Rawalpindi also displayed their products through stalls. Technical support was provided by ICRISAT India, SMEDA Peshawar, KPCCI, Charles Sturt University, NSW, Australia and Agri Livestock Bureau, Faisalabad. Website coverage was provided by AU Peshawar, Engormix.com, World Veterinary Year, 2011; World Vet Association; Int Soc Zool Sci; IBKRC Philippines; The Dairy Site News; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Official Gateway News and Events. pakissan.com. Press coverage was provided by Daily Mashriq, Daily Aajj; Daily Pakistan Observer; The Frontier Post; Business Recorder; Associated Press of Pakistan; The Weekly Technology Times, Pakistan.
University Feed Mills Functionalization: Feed Mill of University of Agriculture Peshawar was fictionalized through a revolving fund. On advice of Prof Khan Bahadar Marwat, Vice Chancellor, Prof M Subhan Qureshi Dean Vet Sciences and Dr Shoaib Afridi Assistant Professor worked on revival of the feed mill, after a lapse of 8 years of its establishment. Later on the Feed Mill was leased out to Mr Zafar Paracha on semi commercial basis and students were engaged in applied research. Quality Control was maintained under technical supervision of the qualified faculty members. The Mill produced cost effective quality feed for local farmers who preferred it over other sources from Punjab, etc.
University Feed Mill of Animal Nutrition Department has been run under a lease arrangement with a private partner. It has provided a gateway to the University System for applied research and an effective outreach setup for the mediums sized commercial livestock farmers. The Faculty members and postgraduate students have been utilizing these facilities for applied research and getting feedback from the farmers utilizing these products. Alternate feed resources are being explored and new technologies developed for enhancing feed utilization by the livestock and poultry species. Feasibility models are being developed for entrepreneurship in meat production.
Visit to CEBG: A team of Dairy Science Park and Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences, University of Agriculutre Peshawar visited the Center of Excellence for Bovine Genetics (CEBG), Military Farms Complex, Okara for exploring collaboration in semen and embryo production, quality control and marketing.
Attended the Colombo BRM Meeting: A delegation of Dairy Science Park (DSP), The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan completed their consultation on Biorisk Management (BRM) with Sandia National Laboratoreis (SNL) USA at Columbo, Sri Lanka. The delegation of DSP was led by Mr Arif Yousaf, Special Assistant to Chief Minister on Law/Convener Task Force on Sustainable Development Goals, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and comprised Prof M Subhan Qureshi Chief Patron DSP, Prof Nazir Ahmad Dean FAHVS, Prof Umer Sadique, Dr Shoaib Sultan, Dr SB Khan, Dr Farhan A Khan, Dr Hamayun UAP, Prof Ghazala Yasmeen VC WUM, Prof Azam Kakar World Bank, Mrs Javed Farmer Sausage Co, Irfan Qureshi and Sadia Qurehi DSP, M Inam SSBU Sheringal, Dr Arshad PVMC, Prof M Rabbani UVAS and Dr Tayyab KMU. The Sandia team comprised Dr Melissa Finley, Mr Waleed Joyan and Ms Iris.
A BRM Package was developed for integration into DVM curriculum at Pakistani Universities under the supervision of Pakistan Veterinary Medical Council. The draft has been uploaded as DVM-BRM-Integration-Package.
Attended high Level Meeting for Task Force on DSP: Task Force on Dairy Science Park was approved by Senior Minister LGRD, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mr Inayatullah Khan. The Task Force is being established as a temporary arrangement for establishment of the Dairy Science Park (DSP) Board in light of a wide-based high-level meeting chaired by the Senior Minister reflected in the note of Secretary Local Government, Election and Rural Development, Government of KP. The decision was made in a presentation by Prof M Subhan Qureshi, Dean FAHVS, UA Peshawar/Chief Patron Dairy Science Park, attended by Mr Sajjad PSO to the Senior Minister, Dr SM Suhail, Dr Shoaib Sultan and Mr Khalid Khan. PhD scholar.
The Honorable Senior Minister during a previous meeting of the representatives of the Department of LGE&RD, L&DD, PDA, University of Agriculture Peshawar and the private sector, held on 3-3-2016, directed for: i) implementation of the ADP project worth Rs.200 million for establishing a modern slaughter house; ii) supporting academic component of DSP for SMEs and; iii) formulation of DSP Board through an Act of the Provincial Assembly.
Pursuantly, Secretary LGE&RD initiated a summary for the Chief Secretary which was appreciated as a novel idea by the ACS however, it was turned down by the Secretary Agriculture.
