Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2012-03-14

Development of Small and Medium Scale Poultry Farming System

- the objective of this proposal is to achieve self-sufficiency in meat and eggs in 2016 by promoting small , medium and large scale poultry farmers. The proposal made by Hon. Arumugan Thondaman, Minister of Livestock and Rural Community Development, to provide the following facilities to achieve this objective, was approved by the Cabinet:

* introduce self-employment opportunities and establish 4,500 new small scale poultry farms;
* establish 75 Mini Hatcheries;
* establish 100 Mini Processing Units;
* expand cold storage facilities;
* introduce 100 Mobile Sales Units ; and,
* provide training facilities on poultry farming and disease control, to poultry farmers and officers.

It was decided that this programme should be implemented in collaboration with the 'Divineguma' Programme launched by the Ministry of Economic Development.