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Efforts are underway to meet the country’s liquid milk requirement – State Minister for Livestock Development
During a Press conference held at the Presidential Media Centre (PMC) today (09) under the theme ‘Collective path to a stable country’, State Minister for Livestock Development, D.B. Herath, stated that the country only produces forty percent (40%) of the annual liquid milk requirement of 750 million litres and added that over Rs. 34 billion is incurred to import the balance 60%.
The state minister said that as a remedial measure, the Department of Agriculture is currently implementing measures to empower small and medium-scale dairy farmers.
(PMD)