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SL to get help from India's NDDB to develop dairy industry
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IANS | 05 Dec, 2022
Sri
Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed a committee to work
with Indias National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) to develop the
island nation's dairy industry.
The committee
consisting of representatives of the public and private sectors will
work with the multidisciplinary team of the NDDB to prepare a short,
medium and long-term plan to increase local milk production to reduce
the country's dependence on imported milk powder.
"The NDDB and
India's Amul Milk Company have taken steps to provide the necessary
technical support for the production of liquid milk in Sri Lanka," the
President Media Division (PMD) said.
"It was discussed at length
about doubling local milk production by implementing short and
medium-term plans and making Sri Lanka self-sufficient in milk in the
long run through a targeted program," the PMD noted.
NDDB's
Senior General Manager Rajesh Onkarnath Gupta, General Manager Sunil
ShivprasadSinha, Senior Manager Rajesh Kumar Sharma and other
representatives participated in the discussion with officials from Sri
Lanka's Agriculture Ministry and the National Livestock Development
Board.
Consuming mostly powdered milk, Sri Lanka imports milk
powder from New Zealand and the island nation's monthly consumption of
milk powder is around 6,500 metric tonnes.
According to reports, Sri Lanka spends around $400 million a year for the importation of milk powder.
Various
governments have tried to stop importing milk powder and promote liquid
milk as drain of dollars has become a major burden on the ailing
economy.
Among other essentials milk and powdered milk
specially for children went on shortage early this year mainly due to
inflation and dollar crunch.
Shortages of other food items, fuel,
cooking gas and medicine lead people to take to streets and topple the
Rajapaksa government earlier this year.
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