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29/08/2010
Bihar poorly placed in in-take of balanced diet Patna,(BiharTimes): Bihar residents consume far less meat, milk and fish compared to the national average, resulting in low protein intake. The main reasons are poor milk production and lack of emphasis on poultry and goat farming. According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) standards, a person should take 300g of milk a day, 10.95 kg of meat and 140 eggs per year. But Bihar’s case is nowhere to be compared with the standard. Here, per capita per day milk consumption is 154g against the national average of 241g. The average annual intake of meat and eggs is 2.58 kg and 16 per year respectively compared to the national annual average of 4.74 kg and 45, respectively. In the background of these circumstances, the state government is considering to set up mini and small dairy projects to boost milk production in the state. While addressing a seminar on “Strategies for enhancing milk and meat production in our state” on Friday, S K Negi, the principal secretary of animal husbandry department, said: “The state government is all set to set up Kosi milk union in association with COMFED to boost milk production in the area. It will also set up mini and small dairy projects to promote the milk production in the state.” The government ideally should increase the milk production twice, the meat production by four times and egg production by 17 times to match the Council’s recommendations. The need of the hour is to create awareness in this regard. A backyard poultry farm scheme has been taken up to boost the production and it is running successfully in 14 districts. According to S P Singh, the head of the department of Veterinary Public Health, G B Pant University of Agricultrue and Technology, Pantnagar, farmers should go for good breed of cows to get better yield. R K Sohane, the director of Bihar Agriculture Management and Extension Training Institute (BAMETI)––which organized the programme in association with Animal Husbandry Department––also spoke on the occasion.
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