Government to establish more dairy units in Jammu
By: Muzamil Bhat CK
Srinagar
In order to make Jammu and Kashmir self-sufficient in milk supplies, in the recent past the administration has focused on the establishment of dairy units in the Jammu region.
In this direction the government has in the past four months established 1,000 dairy units in the Jammu region. Jammu has good climatic conditions for the establishment of dairy units and the government has decided to establish more such units in the coming months.
There is a lot of potential for the establishment of dairy units in the Jammu region and the administration has identified a lot of areas for the establishment of these units and very soon Jammu and Kashmir will be self-sufficient in milk production.
According to PTI in its news report on Saturday about the establishment of dairy units in Jammu region it has said in its report as follows.
Also, over 5,000 dairy units have been sanctioned by the animal husbandry department which shall facilitate a cumulative induction of around 30,000 dairy animals with superior germplasm into the Union Territory from outside states.
This shall also go a long way in local cattle and buffalo breed improvement thus providing an enabling environment for the entire dairy sector to flourish, said Director of Animal Husbandry, Jammu, Dr Sagar D Doifode.
“In the past four months alone, the department has established over 1,000 dairy units comprising elite cows and buffaloes,” he said.
The department is laying special thrust on dairy development as this sector has a key role in providing year-round employment and income-generating opportunities, particularly for women and marginal farmers, Doifode said.
Officials said the animal husbandry department hopes for an increase in average milk production to the tune of around 3 lakh litres per day in the Jammu region.
With PTI inputs
