Open training through webinars
Regular webinars
Under the current COVID-19 conditions, the Foundation organises regular webinars on interesting topics related to cattle health and wellbeing.
- Natural Livestock Farming: an approach to reduce antibiotic use in dairy farming (15 December 2020)
- Natural Approaches for Mastitis Control in smallholder and large scale dairy farming (15 April 2021)
The webinars are free of cost. For upcoming webinars: see news, or subscribe to NLF e-list
NLF dairy training courses
NLF Foundation offers special training programs on cattle health for professionals in dairy farming in the field of:
- NLF 5-layered strategy to improve cattle health and milk quality
- Animal management, incl. lessons from Dutch dairy farming
- NLF wheel: a participatory tool for planning and monitoring cattle health
Effective use of herbal treatment natural products for prevention and cure of common cattle diseases - Strategic breeding and local cattle breeds for increased resilience
- Training on milk quality control on chemical residues
- Dairy farming: cost reduction, value addition and marketing
Training programs can be requested on-line, and – when COVID permits – at field level
Training can be targeted at farmers, veterinarians, lab personnel and/or other professionals – training program on demand!
Get in contact with NLF
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Frequently Asked Questions
There are several ways to become connected as an individual. You can become part of the NLF e-list, where we update each other on the latest activities and insights. Or follow us on social media. You can also join our regular NLF webinars on specific topics. Please let us know by sending an e-mail to info@naturallivestockfarming.com.
If you are located in one of the participating countries (India, Ethiopia, Uganda, Netherlands) you can connect to the NLF representatives in the country. See NLF country pages.
For those living outside these countries and interested to become part of the network: we can join forces to find funds for a local project in your country, and sign an MOU. Please send us your ideas by connecting through info@naturallivestockfarming.com.
We are in the process of developing NLF training sessions, on specific topics related to cattle/farm management, strategic breeding, use of herbs (ethnovet medicine), milk quality and farm income (NLF 5-layers). Moreover, we can offer courses on Lessons learnt in Dutch dairy farming; and Participatory planning, monitoring and evaluation with smallholder dairy farmers. Courses and the cost of participation will be announced on the website.
Some of the NLF at country level have specialized in other livestock species, such as chicken and small ruminants in India, and pigs, chicken, small ruminants, rabbits etc in the Netherlands.
Reducing the use of antibiotics in dairy farming was the topic at the start of the activities of the Foundation. Steadily we became aware that resistance against antibiotics is not the only issue related to resistance: also the resistance of ticks against acaricides, and resistance of worms against anthelmintics is growing. Moreover, the relevance of this problem is rapidly growing due to climate change. We found that our methodology of joint learning and application of the NLF 5-layer approach is also effective for these challenges.