A Centre of Excellence for Animal Husbandry and Dairy will be established at Haryana’s Hisar under National Agricultural Development Scheme.
A delegation of MASAV, an International Development Cooperation Agency of Foreign Affairs of Israel, on Wednesday called on the Haryana Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister, OP Dhankar here and discussed in detail the setting up Centre of Excellence for Animal Husbandry and Dairy at Hisar.
Dhankar said that with the setting up of this Centre in Hisar, Haryana would be able to become a leading state of the country in milk production.
A sum of about Rs 14.10 crore would be spent on it, said he.
The Minister said that Haryana and Israel have geographical similarities. Israel is a leading country in terms of its micro irrigation schemes and dairy management techniques. Israel produces 36 litre milk per milch animal whereas Haryana produce 6.868 kilogram per milch animal, he said.
With the assistance of Israel, Haryana would be made a leading state in terms of milk production and this Centre would prove a boon in this direction, he added.