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Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 05.00 GMT

USAID assists dairy farmers in Batti

 
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) yesterday signed an agreement with a major farmer society in Batticaloa District to expand milk production in the East and raise the incomes of 1,200 participating farmers.

USAID is partnering with Manmunai West Livestock Breeders Cooperative Society to increase the quantity and improve the quality of milk production in 24 villages.

Farmers will receive training and technical assistance and they will be linked to the dairy industry to ensure that local farmers have a consistent buyer for their milk at fair prices.

The three-year programme also includes investment by Land O’Lakes, an American agricultural company, and CIC Agri-Businesses, which together are expanding dairy production as well as developing dairy processing facilities in the region.

In July 2009, USAID committed Rs.429mn ($3.75mn) to work with 4,000 farmers in Batticaloa, Trincomalee and eastern Polonnaruwa districts.






 
 
   
   
   
   
   

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