Question: Recently launched ‘Cattle Feed Knowledge Portal’ will be managed by…
(a) Ministry of Agriculture
(b) National Dairy Development Board
(c) Agriculture Research and Training Department
(d) Farmers Welfare Ministry
Ans: (b)
Related Fact :
- On 28h February, 2017, The Union Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Shri Parshottam Rupala launched National Dairy Development Board’s ‘Cattle Feed Knowledge Portal’.
- It is an interactive knowledge platform on various aspects of compound cattle feed production. The portal will also have information on least cost formula for feeds, suppliers of feed ingredients, raw material specifications as well as a discussion forum to share information.
- He also inaugurated a National Workshop on Improving Feed Production Efficiency & Quality Control Aspects of Cattle Feed Plants organized by the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB).
- The Minister hoped that this workshop will discuss ways to achieve global standards in the feed production and requested NDDB to take benefit from budget allocation by Government of India for modernization of dairy technology.
- Shri Dilip Patel released a booklet titled Understanding Your Bovine. The booklet creates awareness on easily discernible signs of bovines so that corrective measures can be taken for management, feeding, health, hygiene practices, levels of discomfort etc,.
- India’s model of milk production is based on feeding crop residues and agricultural by-products and using family labour to add value to resources which otherwise have limited alternative economic value.
- It is in this context that the role of compound cattle feed in animal nutrition to help support the increase in milk production becomes significant.
- Feeding balanced ration can help the milk animals produce milk commensurate with their genetic potential with the attendant benefits of lower cost, increased SNF, higher immunity to disease, improved reproductive efficiency and reduced methane emissions.
- 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.
- During the workshop issues related to cattle feed production, quality control aspects in a feed plant, improving feed production efficiency, latest trends in feed milling operation, least cost feed formulation and modernization of a quality control lab were discussed in details.
Reference:
http://www.nddb.org/
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