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KOZHIKODE DISTRICT Contents Executive Summary .......................................................................... 101 4.1 General Features ........................................................................ 105 4.2 Trend in Cattle Population .......................................................... 106 4.3 Trend in Milk Production from Bovines ....................................... 107 4.4 Milk Chilling Facilities in Kozhikode District ............................... 107 4.5 Milk Processing ........................................................................... 109 4.6 Milk Marketing ...........................................................................113 4.7 Milk Procurement .......................................................................120 4.8 Cattle Shed and Farm Machineries ............................................. 127 4.9 Cattle Induction .......................................................................... 129 4.10 Establishment of Laboratory in Kozhikode Dairy ....................... 130 4.11 Clean Milk Production .............................................................. 132 4.12 Technical Input Services (TIS) ................................................... 134 4.13 Information and Communication Technology Networking .......... 135 4.14 Manpower Development ............................................................ 136 4.15 Working Capital - Kozhikode District ......................................... 139 Kozhikode District Kozhikkode District 100 Executive Summary The Kozhikode district is not processing capacity of Kozhikode among the frontline dairy districts dairy. But the dairy requires in Kerala. Yet livestock farming is certain critical equipments, some germane to the vast majority of the as standby and some as farmers in the district. The official replacement. The suggested statistics, however, show that the additions and replacements are Animal Husbandry sector, both in estimated to cost Rs 164.00 lakh. numbers and output, suffered The market survey shows that the setbacks since late nineties. The supply-demand gap of milk in cattle numbers declined by 68 per Kozhikode district is 3.25 LLPD. cent from 1996 to 2012 and in- The market share of MRCMPU in milk cows by 29 per cent. the liquid milk segment is just 25 Concurrent with the changes in per cent which is not encouraging. cattle numbers the annual milk The Milk Union is facing fierce production also declined from 197 competition from the competitors, thousand MT in 2001-02 to 86 mainly from within the district, thousand MT in 2012-13. but also from outside to a smaller The MRCMPU has one milk level. But the market analysis processing dairy and a Product reveals that this is not a restricting Dairy at Kozhikode The installed factor to command a better market capacity of the Processing Dairy at share. The inadequate market Kozhikode is 1.5 LLPD. During infrastructure is one of the 2013-14, the dairy processed on reasons for the low market share. an average 1.0 LLPD, 34 per cent The dairy’s business plan may also below the installed capacity. Even require some revision. Hence an at the peak procurement level aggressive marketing strategy during the year, the dairy’s supported by adequate capacity utilization has only been infrastructure is required. To 71 per cent. Hence there is no begin with, new milk parlors and urgency in expanding the Shoppe are suggested to be opened 101 Kozhikode District in prominent public places. Wide The lack of good cattle sheds and publicity through print and visual farm machineries are identified as media is also suggested. Periodic one of the constraints in dairy market surveys and R&D on production in Kozhikode district. consumer likes and preferences Financial support for (example attractive packing for strengthening of old cattle sheds/ flavored milk, ice cream, peda etc) construction of new ones and are also suggested. The estimated supply of farm machineries and cost on market promotion works equipments are proposed at a total out to Rs 393.4 lakh. cost of Rs 81.25 lakh. The MRCMPU has built up an In order to promote cattle keeping extensive net work of DCSs and among the below poverty line (BPL) BMCs for milk procurement from and the SC/ST women, a cattle farmers in Kozhikode district. All induction program is suggested. the DCSs have reasonably good The NABARD norms shall be milk testing facilities. All the BMC followed for administering the DCSs have facility for MBRT subsidies. The overall support for estimation. The field level milk 240 animals is estimated to be Rs testing, however, requires further 92.55 lakh. refinement. The major constraints It is suggested to establish a identified in the expansion of milk central milk testing lab at procurement and clean milk Kozhikode dairy by pooling the production are lack of convenient funds from all the districts. This buildings for DCSs, absence of will eliminate the need for good quality water supply facilities replication of the same facilities with some DCSs and lack of and expenses in all the districts. incentives for clean milk Some additional equipments and production and support for cattle furniture are also required in feed transport. The support Kozhikode dairy lab. All these suggested for procurement together are estimated to cost Rs activities in Kozhikode district is 32.00 lakh. expected to cost Rs 224.55 lakh. 102 Kozhikode District The farmer beneficiary programs programs were running for the proposed are aimed at milk past few years. It is suggested to productivity enhancement and scale up some of these programs. clean milk production. The current The suggested programs would proposals include animal breeding cost Rs 57.36 lakh. and health cover, distribution of The business plan of MRCMPU stainless steel utensils, milking suggests substantial increase in machines, and commercial fodder milk procurement and sale in production for which the estimated Kozhikode district. The milk prices cost works out to Rs 61.45 lakh. are to be paid to the farmers The Kozhikode needs to network regularly which alone cost rupees with the various units and the 643 lakh or more every 21 days. DCSs for effective information In addition, keeping a buffer stock sharing and communication. The of raw and finished goods is suggested system is a client server essential to safeguard an architecture network with uninterrupted business. This as six centers, one in each also several other requirements district (Palakkad, Malappuram, force the milk Union to borrow Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kannur and money from the open market Kasaragod) and a central server which causes extra burden to the system linking all these six Union and the farmers. Hence it is centers. The data and suggested that an amount of Rs information will be made available 275 lakh shall be paid to the milk to all the districts and DCSs. The Union as a one-time assistance for estimated cost of these is Rs 143.6 Working Capital for Kozhikode lakh. district. The HRD through training and Abstract of suggested programmes skill development is a routine is as follows: activity of MRCMPU. Several 103 Kozhikode District Amount Component (Rs in Lakh) Milk processing and packaging 164.00 Milk marketing 393.40 Milk procurement 224.55 Cattle sheds and farm machineries 81.25 Cattle induction 92.55 Central testing laboratory 32.00 CMP kits to farmers & tech inputs to farmers 61.45 Information and communication sharing 143.60 Human resource development 57.36 Working capital 275.00 Total 1525.16 104 Kozhikode District 4.1 General Features coconut, paddy, banana, tubers, The Kozhikode district came into spices and tree crops. After crop existence in 1957. The district production livestock sector situated on the south west coast of provides the vital livelihood India is surrounded on the north support for farming community. by Kannur, on the east by The livestock development Wayanad, on the south by activities are supported both by Malappuram districts and on the the government departments and west by the Arabian sea. local self governments apart from Topographically the district has Milma. The department of Animal three distinct regions-the sandy Husbandry under GOK provide coastal belt, the rocky highlands breeding and heath care services formed by the hilly portion of the through one district center, two Western Ghats and lateritic poly clinics, 13 hospitals, 71 midland. The total geographical dispensaries and 109 insemination area of the district is 2,33,330 centers apart from a multitude of hectare (2344 km2) with 30.86 other functionaries like clinical lakh people (2011 census) and a lab, RP eradication units etc. The population density of 1317 department of Dairy Development persons/sq.km. Nearly 20.73 lakh under GOK provides the extension people live in urban area and half services, promotes fodder of that only, 10.13 lakh, in rural development and administers the area (2011 census). The district is milk co-operatives, both APCOS subdivided in to three Taluks and and others. The department has 117 Villages, 75 Grama 12 dairy extension units in the Panchayats, two Municipalities district. The district houses the and one Municipal Corporation. HQ of Regional Milk Union - MRCMPU, Kozhikode Dairy a Agriculture is the major income capacity of 1.5 lakh LPD, one and employment provider in rural product dairy for the manufacture sector. The major crops raised are of special milk products and a 105 Kozhikode District training center. The MRCMPU district declined during this apart from