Department of Animal Production
- Western Province Provincial Council .


| Our Mission |Our Objectives & Functions | Five Year Plan | Development of the Dairy industry
| Development of the Goat industry | Development of the Swine industry | Development of the Poultry  industry | Training programmes | services |Veterinary Braches|



A. Dairy Development programme

Vision 
Supplying of additional good cow milk and buffalo milk to the market within five years starting from 2005

Objectives
Elimination of poverty, unemployment and underemployment.
1. Making abundance of healthy produced fresh milk and dairy products 
2. Ensuring the food security.
3. Enhancing the nutritive level of people 
4. Saving the foreign exchange.

Dairy Development plan 2005-2009

 

Activity

Estimated cost
(RS in Million)

1

Popularizing liquid milk and other dairy products

62

2

Regularizing the milk collection and directing to evening milking

10

3

Producing concentrates & rough grass

4.7

4

Controlling the economically harmful disease of cattle and buffalos

8.5

5

Breeding program of highbred cattle and buffalos

230

 

B. Goat Development programme

Vision

Providing a considerable participation for the Sri Lankan goat industry.

Objectives

1.      Increasing the availability of mutton.

2.      Ensuring of food security.

3.      Enhancing the nutritive level of people.

Goat Development plan 2005-2009

 

Activity

Estimated cost
(RS in Million)

1

Enhancing the market of mutton and related products

0.9

2

Strengthening the fattening

8.0

3

Controlling the economically harmful disease

8.5

C. Swine Development Programme

Vision 

 To be the leader of the swine industry in Sri Lanka

Objectives

1.      Elimination of poverty

2.      Increasing the availability of pork

3.      Enhancing the nutritive level of people.

4.      Establishment of food security.

Swine Development plan 2005-2009

 

Activity

Estimated cost(RS in Million)

1

Enhancing the market of pork and selected products

05

2

Strengthening the fattening units

03

3

Using the disposal for swine farms

05

4

Controlling the diseases contaminating from swine

11

5

Regularizing the swine breeding programs

27


D.Poultry Development programme

Vision: - Increasing the per capita eggs consumption by 150 units and chicken consumption by 10 kg within next 5 years

Objectives

1.      Elimination of poverty

2.      Increasing the availability of low cost eggs and chicken

3.      Establishment of food security

4.      Enhancing the nutritive level of people.

 

Activity

Estimated cost
(RS in Million)

1

Controlling the economically harmful poultry diseases

32

2

Alternative poultry farming programs

10

3

Promoting the poultry production and marketing

28

4

Improving the poultry production

10

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