Pakistan Dairy Development Company to establish 1000 dairy farms

Saturday, 02 February 2008

Secretary Ministry of Industries, Production and Special Initiatives Shahab Khawaja has said that Pakistan Dairy Development Company (PDDC) is focusing on small farmers to help them set up model dairy farms and enable them to increase their farm productivity and profitability.

The objective is to set up 1,000 such farms all over the country, the Secretary stated Friday while visiting model dairy farms and a biogas tank in district Chakwal developed by PDDC. Geoff Walker, Chief Executive PDDC and senior staff of the MOIP & SI also accompanied the Secretary, says a press statement issued here.

The purpose of the visit was to review progress made by these farms since their owners have joined PDDC’s model farm program and to appreciate more about the implementation of the program. Under the terms of this program, PDDC (or “Dairy Pakistan” as it is widely known) provides a range of equipment designed to allow the introduction of more modern and productive farm management and feeding practices. Most importantly, through many visits of Dairy Pakistan Farm Production Advisors and Manager Farm Production, the farmers are provided with the know-how to improve their productivity and profitability.

Since joining the model farm program, one such farmer, Rasheed has reduced his herd size through awareness of the need to cull unproductive animals and has increased his daily milk production from 100 litres per day to 200 litres per day.

While talking to the media persons on the occasion, the Secretary said that realising the need to increase our milk production, PDDC was set up in November 2005 under the supervision of MOIP & SI on the model of public-private partnership. Foreign experts were hired from Australia and New Zealand to run it efficiently, he added.

He also commended PDDC for setting up biogas tanks. As the country is facing energy crunch, the biogas tanks program is a welcome move. Since, these tanks are fuelled only by animal waste and water, the cost of production of the gas is very low, he observed, saying that PDDC aims to set up 200 such tanks by June this year.

Walker noted that Dairy Pakistan is nearing its 200th Model Farm implementation and excellent results are being achieved all over the country. He further said that main purpose is to transfer modern farming technology to Pakistan, assist and train Pakistani farmers in low cost dairying. Walker also invited the existing dairy farmers to join the PDDC model farm program.

Source: Unique Pakistan

Pakistan is incidentally the 5th largest producer of milk in the world.

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I think GoP should initiate a child health programme much like existed in the UK - free milk for children under a certain age.

And if this one farmer doubled his production by entering the program maybe if we can get the whole country under it we can greatly increase our production.

I see what you mean:

In addition, we could use dairy fats for cooking rather than importing ghee which surely would reduce our trade deficit.

Plus the fact that by increasing the milk production we can also increase the production of products such as cheese and ice cream (etc.) and so we can also export that. For cooking I would rather prefer olive oil, which production (within the country) should increase in the near future. Plus the fact that olive oil is fairly health as compared to other oils.

Government To Enhance Olive Oil Production

I agree with this.

Yep, plus the fact that olive oil is generally healthier then any other time of oil, so it would reduce health problems within the country as well (like heart issues, arteries clogging etc.).

Since Pakistan is already the 5th largest producer of dairy, we might as well capitalize on it by producing value added products. I understand Qatar wanted to invest in the field a while back. Wonder what happened to that?

Since Pakistan is already the 5th largest producer of dairy, we might as well capitalize on it by producing value added products. I understand Qatar wanted to invest in the field a while back. Wonder what happened to that?

All this i.e; dairy production / industry & cattle farming was high on the cards in the year 2006 .. but 2007 saw all the mess of the world in Pakistan, no wonder we have lost a year and only with the stability we can push the projects which were realized in 2006.

I hope elections finishes the problem of the PM's seat and we see business as usual on full peak after that.

Free milk... lol... i remember that at school. It's a good idea, especailly for children's health. If we can produce enough milk to give all school kids a free glass a day at least we help towards thier physical development. Even generally we should milk free flowing and cheap. It should be available to the common man, even the poorest man. It can help reduce malnutrition helping with a healthier nation.

Olive oil i read about a whie ago, they want to produce olives over large area, can't go wrong in my opinion. The olive is very durable as a plant, can gorw nearly anywhere. The famrs produce employment, the virgin live oil provides a healthy cooking oil that should become standard in the entire country and the process olive oil (the stuff you can get after the virgin olive oil) can be used in cooking and also as part of bio-fuels.

no offence but il beleive it when i see ti happening. far too many times has a newsflash with the words "to be" come up with nothing materializing.

That is so true

i think that data was 3 years old.. pak is # 4 now i was readin somewhere.. i will look 4 the link

If im not getting it wrong last year we were referred to as second largest milk produce in the world, maybe i mis rememmbr it or the author oof reports was making big mistakes.