Monthly meeting of Innovative Fish Farmers Association (IFFA) was held at College of fisheries, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University. Farmers from different districts of the State attended the meeting. 
Farmers were appraised regarding the control of common carp breeding during the month of February-March by Dr. Vaneet Inder Kaur, Co-ordinator of the IFFA. She revealed that common carp is one of the important carp species with bottom feeding behaviour, but due to its prolific breeding after every six months under stagnant pond conditions, can lead to its excessive population in the pond. If not managed properly, it can have negative impact on the growth of other species due to depletion of food and space for them. Queries of the farmers with respect to feed and feeding management, water quality management were also attended.
Through judicious utilization of the organic matter generated from different livestock systems, the farmers can get maximum benefit by integrating different ventures. In this regard, Dr. Sandeep Kaswan, Assistant Professor, Department of Livestock Production and Management delivered a lecture on integrated fish farming with special reference to goat farming. According to him, along with producing goat milk and meat, waste generated from the goat farm can also be utilized as organic manure for fish pond to produce natural food for fish.
Dr. Asha Dhawan, Dean, College of Fisheries stressed that such type of scientific meetings are required to enable farmers to share their experiences and problems, while scientists will record feedbacks for conducting need based region specific research to strengthen the existing technological support to the farmers of the State.
Dr. H. K. Verma, Director of Extension Education, GADVASU told that university is also organizing training programme on different disciplines of livestock farming and fisheries. These training programmes are vital for successfully running the livestock enterprises, which is the need of the hour. Veterinary university also publishes various books and magazines for livestock farmers in Punjabi, Hindi and English.
