MULTAN, Feb 12th:Pakistan can meet its energy crisis through promoting the bio-gas plants in every village like neighbouring countries like China which had developed 22 million plants, India 4 million and Nepal 2,00,000 but Pakistan has only 4000 bio-gas plants.said sarfraz ahmed programme manager of Dairy Pakistan while delivering his lecture at a seminar jointly organized by the TDAP and MCCI chaired by Malik Asrar Ahmed Awan He said that Dairy Pakistan intends to introduce economical production of biogas. Electricity is not always available through rural areas of Pakistan, so this initiative will provide alternative and renewable energy for rural communities, while reducing environmental impacts and improving fertilizer values.He said that Dairy Pakistan intended to broaden links between the market and farmers by enhancing milk collection through assisting investment in small milk collection units, of the scale of motorcycles and auto-rickshaws. Access to many farms in rural Pakistan is difficult, so such a scheme will enable more milk to be collected and taken to cooling stations.
It is proposed to establish farm input stores across rural Pakistan. These stores will provide to farmers good quality animal feeds and other farm necessities at fair prices. Farm input stores will be focal points for the dissemination of information relating to farm management and market developments.It is intended to review the effectiveness of the training course provided to people involved in supporting the dairy sector. In the medium term it is important that the lessons from
the Model Farm Programme are built into the education of people who will work in the dairy sector.It is vital that breeds indigenous to Pakistan are protected. Not only is this a matter of principle, but this breeds also offer traits such as resistance to tropical pests and diseases and the ability to cope with high temperatures. It is important that these traits be protected and indeed built upon.