The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) has launched a mobile application called ‘Pashu Poshan’. The mobile app will recommend a balanced diet for cows and buffaloes to help boost dairy farmers’ income by raising milk yield and cutting feed cost. The mobile application was launched by the Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh. The application will be available on both web and android platforms, can be accessed by registering on the INAPH portal.

To use this application, the farmer needs to provide complete animal profile, including breed, age, milk production, fat content in milk apart from food items being currently fed to the animal along with the cost in order to formulate the balanced ration formula.

The Minister said India is the largest milk producer in the world, but the biggest challenge for the domestic dairy sector is low productivity of its bovine population as compared to developed countries.

NDDB

• The National Dairy Development Board is an institution of national importance set up by an Act of Parliament of India.
• The main office is in Anand, Gujarat with regional offices throughout the country.
• It was founded by Dr. Verghese Kurien.
• NDDB empowered millions of small and marginal farmers through village dairy cooperatives.

GK Question

Who is the Chairman of NDDB? Nandha Kumar