Healthy food and healthy income among Sri Lankan farmers

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It is a fact that dairy products are the key source of nutrition of all age groups, but how many of us consume it?  It’s only a handful of people. Taking care of the dairy cattle is also not a top priority with many. All over the world there are indeed many dairy farms that are present in the rat race. Among them, the Pelwatte Dairy Industries Limited is a registered Company in Sri Lanka endowed with modern technology with the aim to highlight local production and help local farmers in order to provide adequate amount of nutrition to their cattle. The company produces hygienically sound milk maintaining the international standards. Pelwatte Dairy processes 120,000 of raw milk per day with the aim of providing a good quality product to the market.

According to the report of the Chairman at present Sri Lanka has over 1.2 million milk cows, out of which milk is being extracted from only 250,000 cows. If these untapped cows are taken in to milk gradually it will eventually result in an increased yield which in turn helps to develop the country’s dairy production while saving a substantial amount of outflow of foreign exchange for dairy product importation.  The company also keeps an eye on the socio-economic statuses of the people and provides healthy milk to the entire nation. This in course also improves the financial conditions of the local farmers. One of the main aims of the company is to increase the capacity of the local farmers which will automatically increase their earnings and they will receive a steady monthly income. With the help of cattle management and locally produced fresh milk and milk products, the lifestyle of the farmers will eventually improve.

An animal feed mill has also been established in order to manufacture 60MT of high quality animal feed. It will therefore increase the cattle nutrition which will be in turn beneficial to the local farmers to increase the productivity of their flocks. Also 100,000 liters of fresh milk are purchased from farmers for dairy products in the Milk Processing Factory.Presently, all over Sri Lanka Pelwatte Company’s flagship brand “Pelwatte” has become a common name among the family circle as it is into manufacturing, marketing and distributing of products such as, Full Cream Milk Powder, Non Fat Milk Powder, Set Yoghurts, Salted and Unsalted Butter, Sterilized white Milk, and sterilized flavored milk and Pure Cow Ghee.