Suggestion Sought For Profitability Of Dairy Sector

LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 16th Aug, 2018 ) :The University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Lahore in collaboration with the Livestock & Dairy Development Department Punjab organised a consultative meeting on "Development of Dairy Sector of Pakistan" at City Campus.

Secretary Livestock & Dairy Development Department Punjab Capt. (retd) Muhammad Mahmood presiding over the meeting sought suggestions and technical inputs from stakeholder for formulation of policies/plans for profitability of dairy sector, catering the needs of country and providing surplus livestock products for exports.

Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr Talat Naseer Pasha, Syed Yawar Ali, President Buffalo Breeders Association Hajji Saeed Hassan Hotiana and a large number of stakeholders from public and private dairy sectors across Punjab, academicians, researchers and officials from Livestock Department attended.

Speaking on the occasion, the Secretary Livestock said the aim of the consultative meeting was to provide a platform to all the stakeholders for networking where they could find opportunities keeping in view the current value chain and other important issues.

He asked them to come up with their innovative ideas and share their issues/problems, any impediments, so that their solutions could be found for the growth of dairy sector.

He desired constituting two task forces on Meat and Dairy, to be regularly monitored by the UVAS Vice-Chancellor to find out bottlenecks and major constraints involved in the development of dairy and meat sectors. He said that after one month all concerning issues would be discussed in next meeting.

Earlier Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Talat Naseer Pasha gave a presentation on key issues like hampering growth in dairy sector, milk production model in Punjab, import of milk and whey powder and changing trend in dairy industry with the use of tea whitener, etc.

He said UVAS was working closely with industry and livestock farming community to solve their issues. He recommended starting school milk programme and rural entrepreneurship.

He said it was direly needed to create awareness among consumers about the quality of food items and minimum pasteurization law must be implemented in Punjab.