POONCH, May 08: District administration poonch in collaboration with AMUL-JKMPCL successfully organised a one day face to face Interactive session of diary Farmers of Mendhar with officials of AMUL-JKMPCL at the conference hall of Dak banglow Mendhar for establishment of milk collection center at sub division level with the the aim of ushering in benefits of white revolution at subdivision level including Aspirational block Mankote of Poonch district.
The aim of the programme was to identify and intergrate progressive milk farmers of all the villages of sub-division Mendhar where all dairy development activities will be carried on in phased manner with the aim of milk self-sufficiency and increasing income of dairy farmers.
Prominently, discussion focused on establishment of a Milk collection centre at a viable location accessible to all villages .
Other activities discussed with the local farmers included
formation of cooperative societies , SHGs and milk FPOs,
recognition and certification of milk Cooperative societies with co operative department at a large scale.
Further AMUL-JKMPCL delegates discussed prevailing Milk rates and expected rates for local farmers considering quality, fat content and availability of milk.
CEO AMUL-JKMPCL Chirag Bhensdadia while Interacting with farmers apprised the details regarding milk collection centers to be established under the project. Morever training methodologies and skill based training modules were also discussed.
Event saw participation in large number of farmers who were majorly progressive milk farmers. Many farmers expressed their interest and gratitude towards district administration and AMUL-JKMPCL for proactively approaching such remote location with defined plans. Farmers were enthusiastic about future outcomes as they feel such associations will transfer state of the art technology to already hardworking farmers like high yielding varieties of cattle , modern collection centres and machines, chiller technology which is not readily available. More Amul expressed gratitude and highly appreciated Farmers for their presence in large numbers.
Later farmers in doubt and queries flagged their concerns and got them redressed instantly.
Speaking on the occasion , District Development Commissioner Poonch Yasin.M choudhary(IAS) said that district administration is working towards an integrated model of dairy development with all forward and backward linkages including machinery, market access and milk processing with the major aim of increasing Farmers income.
CEO JKMPCL Chirag Bhensdadia along with his team while attending the one day interaction at Dak Bungalow Mendhar thanked district administration Poonch for facilitating such comprehensive interaction with local farmers.
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