Rs. 4.5 m for poultry farming

by S.M. Wijayaratne, Kurunegala Cor.

Over 4200 house-wives in the Kurunegala and Puttalam Districts have agreed to undergo training in poultry farming as a source of self-employment while attending to their normal domestic duties and responsibilities under the ‘Divineguma’ national development program of the Ministry of Economic Development,. Ministry of Economic Development has made arrangements to provide these housewives with quality chicks, expertise and veterinary guidance free of charge.

A sum of 4.5 million rupees would be invested by the government for this purpose. With the help of vet.surgeons in the province, 50 mobile service programs too would be held at electoral level to enlighten the prospective house-wives on how to do this industry profitably.

The President of Kurunegala District Poultry Farmers’ Association R.M. Kumarasiri, told ‘Sunday Observer’ that the poultry farmers of the Kurunegala District supply the highest number of eggs to the market for its local consumption and the daily output of eggs in Kurunegala is around 4 million eggs.