Nepal: Farmers in Chitwan dissatisfied with decision to import milk from India

CHITWAN, May 6: Farmers in Chitwan have protested after the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) recommended importing milk from India. Kishore Wagle, president of Chitwan Milk Producers Cooperative Association, accused the government of bringing milk from India without conducting any proper study. “NDDB has recommended the import of 120,000 liters of milk daily from India,” Wagale said in a press conference in Bharatpur. "This is a sad matter for the farmers. If the need for milk is increased, it is necessary to conduct proper study. The government should focus on increasing production rather than importing.” Wagle mentioned that the milk required by Nepal will be available in the country itself. He insisted that just to decrease the price of milk being sold by Nepali farmers, the milk is being imported from India. “It is a sad matter to try to import milk from India when the market of milk has been decreasing. So far, 40,000 liters of powdered milk of Chitwan Milk Industry ...