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DDC to install advanced milk processor soon
KATHMANDU, NOV 10 - With an aim to curb leakage and modernise the milk collection and processing, the Dairy Development Corporation (DDC) has decided to install an automation machine at its processing unit in Balaju within the next two months.
Talking to The Kathmandu Post, DDC General Manager A. L. Yadav said, "The decision was
taken recently," adding that the decision is in line with their policy to computerise the Corporation.
The DDC collects 200,000 litres of milk every day from a total of 952 milk collection centres and milk co-operatives situated at 39 districts. Of this total collection more than 70 percent is brought and processed at Balaju.
The installation of new machine would ease procedures of quality assessment of the collected milk samples. The mechanisation would replace the manual examination and would introduce modern techniques of assessing fat and the non-fat solid (SNF) contents.
"After the installation of the automation machine, the DDC will be minimise the collection and processing costs in a significant amount" claimed Yadav further adding that the installation would also release some manpower.
"The total savings would be enough to recover the costs within the next two years," he said adding that the cost of mechanisation of the collection procedures would be nearly at Rs 7 millions.
DDC collects milk of cow and buffalo from Panchthar district in the East to Surkhet in the West through the farmer-owned organisations— Milk Producers’ Association and Milk Producers’ Co-operative Societies.
The pasteurised Dairy milk produced by the DDC covers more than 50 per cent domestic market in the country. The total every-day sale of the milk records about 200,000 litres and almost 70 per cent of the milk is produced in Balaju.
The DDC, after years of losses, was able to gain profits in the last fiscal year with earnings of Rs 12.5 million on profits as against the losses of Rs 70 million and Rs 90 million incurred during the previous two years.
The accumulated loss of the corporation stood at Rs 227 million by the end of Fiscal Year 2000-01. However, the management is upbeat that the loss will be reduced significantly due to its efforts on cost cutting, product diversification and management consolidation.
The DDC was established in 1969 under the corporation Act- 1964 with an objective to provide market for milk to the rural farmers with fair price and supply pasteurised milk and standard dairy products to the urban consumers.
The corporation that collects milk from almost 71,000 farmers has provided employment to 922 individuals, 82 of them are working at senior positions.Posted on: 2003-11-09 10:06
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