State begins procuring maize directly from farmers
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Kolkata: West Bengal Livestock Development Corporation Limited (WBLDCL) has started procurement of maize directly from farmers belonging to Self Help Groups (SHGs) or Farmers’ Producer Company (FPC) for utilising the same in the production of poultry feed.
The main objective of the project is to encourage the farmers to cultivate maize as an alternative agriculture in low rainfall areas and less fertile lands so that the farmers are economically benefited.
A senior official of WBLDCL said that the maize will be used in different ways — the grain part in poultry feed and the remaining part as fodder by making silage.
Source Link: https://www.millenniumpost.in/bengal/state-begins-procuring-maize-directly-from-farmers-549293
