The Union Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Parshottam Rupala inaugurated a National Workshop on Improving Feed Production Efficiency & Quality Control Aspects of Cattle Feed Plants organized by the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) in Anand, Gujarat.
The portal aims to be an interactive knowledge platform on various aspects of compound cattle feed production. The portal will also have information on the least cost formula for feeds, suppliers of feed ingredients, raw material specifications as well as a discussion forum to share information.
The Minister hoped this workshop will discuss ways to achieve global standards in the feed production and requested NDDB to take benefit from budget allocation by the Government of India for modernization of dairy technology.
Dilip Patel, Member of Parliament, Dilip Rath, Chairman, NDDB and Dr HPS Makkar, FAO, Rome graced the occasion. Around 200 cattle feed plant professionals from all over the country participated.
The Chairman, NDDB informed that the dairy cooperative network produces about 3.6 million tonnes per annum with an installed capacity of about 5 million tonnes in 70 cattle feed plants. In addition, the private sector produces an additional 4.5 million tonnes. A total of 8 million tonnes per annum is sufficient for only about 8 million of the more than 100 million breedable animals.