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The district is not included in operation flood area, but because of climatic condition and the villagers attitude there is a great scope for dairy. In 1984-85, an approach for dairy development was taken up with rural dairy (chilling plant) of 2000 liters capacity. The dairy development activities have been taken up by the Dairy Development Officer of the district, on the similar pattern as envisaged in operation flood Programme. The result was encouraging. But dairy has not yet been organised and covered in planned manner in whole Lohardaga district. That is why, although the present capacity of the rural dairy cum chilling plant is of 10,000 liters per day, the average milk coming to the chilling plant is 2200 liters per day. Still the chilling plant is running at profit. So there is a lot of potential in this activity and the proposed project is to expand the activity in an organized way.

Objective

To increase the income of poor families at least by Rs. 20,000 through integrated dairy development Programme i.e. by

•     Organizing poor farmers, landless laborers through dairy cooperative societies,

•     Enhancing milk potential in the district through providing milk enhancing inputs, cattle induction, breed improvement, introducing better cattle management practices and through providing vital marketing link direct from the door step of the producers.

•      Utilizing the full capacity of the chilling plant.

Mode of Implementation:

Selection of farmers and milching animal procurement:

The project will be implemented in active collaboration with PRADAN, an NGO working in this district. Representative of PRADAN will be member of the Managing Committee responsible for the management of Lohardaga Dairy. The villages will be divided among the Dairy Development Officer & PRADAN for selection of farmers, organizing themselves into dairy co-operative society, establishment other linkages. Fifty percent of the total projected farmers will be selected by PRADAN from the villages allotted to the organisation. Each new farmer will be given two milching animals at 50% subsidy and 50% loan from the local banks, which will be repaid from the milk supplied by the farmer to the co-operative. Also he will be provided one month cattle feed and other necessities like GI sheet need, iron chain, GI bucket etc. at full subsidy. Whole money will come to the Dairy Development Officer. The Dairy Development Officer and PRADAN will help the farmers to purchase the animals of good breed. Dairy Development Officer and PRADAN representatives will manage all these jointly.

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