NDDB signs MoUs with Maha govt for dairy development

To undertake dairy development in the less developed areas of Maharashtra like Vidarbha and Marathwada, and to provide livelihood to small farmers, the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) today signed MoUs with the state government in Nagpur.

Under the agreement NDDB would be focusing on increasing production by providing technical inputs which will include artificial insemination, advise on nutrition and ration balancing.

Further, NDDB's subsidiary NDDB Dairy Services would be organising milk producers into new generation cooperatives, that is, producer company.

The milk collected from these farmers will be processed at Nagpur Dairy, which then will be refurbished and managed by Mother Dairy Fruit and Vegetable Ltd (MDFVL) Delhi. The marketing of milk and milk products produced in the dairy will also be done by Mother Dairy Fruit and Vegetable Ltd.

An MoU was also signed under which land in Gowe-Bhiwandi in Thane district would be leased by the Maharashtra government to MDFVL to set up a 5 lakh litres expandable to 10 lakh litres processing plant.