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The need to develop local dairy farming
The recent increase in prices of milk food has adversely affected low income earners, with many families finding it hard to purchase milk. The increased prices of imported milk food have prompted a number of persons in the local dairy industry to make improvements to their farms and the distribution net work. A couple employed in a garment factory have given up their jobs to set up their own dairy farm.
R.D. Wasantha Lal Perera 31, and Samanlatha Athapattu 29, from Galewela say they now have 30 cows and the business is improving. Their daily sales of milk bring in around Rs. 10,000/- a day. ’We started off selling three litres of milk a day, but now we are able to sell 100 litres a day from our dairy farm’, Samanlatha said.
She added that if improvements were made to encourage the dairy industry it would be helpful to low income groups and those in remote areas who today cannot afford to purchase imported milk.
Wasantha Lal stands in front of his dairy
Samanlatha Athapattu and Wasantha Lal gave up their jobs in a garment factory to set up their own dairy farm