Change Initiatives, West Bengal, India organised a Farmers' Day on 23^rd December, 2006 at Ghoragacha village near Kalyani, Nadia.
The Regional Station for Forage Production and Demonstration (RSFPD), Kalyani, Nadia, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India was invited to take part in this occasion. Farmers of the village hosted the event with Change Initiatives on a participatory basis.The event took place at the school ground of the village where villagers had made arrangements for the guests. 

The programme was mainly meant to insinuate RSFPD, their activities and the possible mode of future capacity building of villagers that could be thought of. Change Initiatives representatives introduced and updated the audience regarding the activities of the organisation within the village and the plan for the next month.

Dr. B. B. Sahu, Director in charge, RSFPD, started off with his organization's activities and tried to establish the rationale of growing fodder as cattle feed for alternative farm income generation. He then landed some of the technicalities of the enterprise and outlined the provisions of making choice among available pool of location specific innovations. Dr. Sahu emphasized the importance of cross-breeding to achieve the optimum reward from feeding fodder to the livestock. He also outlined the utilization of by-products to produce organic manure. Dr. Sahu's deliberation was full of enthusiasm and motivational thrust with an appreciable tinge of sophisticated humor.

A short interactive session followed Dr. Sahu's talk. Dr. Singh from RSFPD guided the session with necessary inputs regarding the functionality of the enterprise.

Representatives from Change Initiatives had a separate discussion session where farmers agreed to work on domestic preparation of Bordeaux mixture in the coming month. Some young people expressed desire to receive training on goat rearing. Few questions on farming problems were also raised and discussed.

Some 100-120 farmers participated in the event, among which 20 were women. Few villagers from Madandanga were also present. Visitors were served with tea, which was provided by a village youth.

This programme can be termed a success. Already 10 farmers have expressed their desire to receive training from RSFPD. During the organisation of the event Change Initiatives also had a chance to review their ongoing relationship with the villagers.