Staff Reporter
Karachi
Dairy sector has a potential to employ 60 million people in dairy & livestock sector; currently more than 10 million families are connected with milk processing companies.
Altogether Pakistan produces 60 billion liters of milk per annum and has a potential to double the production through increasing milking yield per animal. Pakistan Dairy Association is however grieved on the budget 2020-2021 as no initiatives were taken to revive the dairy sector of Pakistan despite submitting three proposals to the government in the interest of economic development of dairy sector and how government can raise revenue in medium to long term time frame. It is now high time for the government to take notice of dairy sector and make necessary decision to support the dairy sector.
If immediate and supportive actions are not taken by the government, we are afraid that industry will collapse leaving millions of families deprived with employment, and livelihood, said by chairman PDA and CEO, Dairyland Pvt Ltd. Likewise if industry collapse, people will be deprived of safe milk resulting in stunting, wasting and underweight death toll. Pakistan is the 5th largest producer of milk in the world.
