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The Bihar State Co-operative Milk Producers¶ Federation Ltd. (COMPFED) was established in 1983 as
the implementing agency of operational Flood programme of dairy development on ³Anand´pattern in
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Area of Operationm

There are six district level Milk Producers' Cooperative Unions affiliated to the Milk Federation. These milk
unions are covering twenty-six districts and in addition five districts are being covered by the Federation. m

Different milk unions, which are organising the DCS network in these districts are as follows: m

i. Vaishal Patliputra Milk Union, Patna covering Patna, Vaishali, Nalanda, Saran and Sheikhpura
districts.m

ii. DR Milk Union, Barauni covering Begusarai, Khagaria, Lakhisarai and part of Patna Districts. m

iii. Tirhut Milk Union, Muzaffarpur covering Muzaffarpur, Sitamarhi, Sheohar, East Champaran, West
Champran, Siwan and Gopalganj. m

iv. Mithila Milk Union, Samastipur covering Samastipur, Darbhanga & Madhubani districts.m

v. Shahabad Milk Union, Aramcovering Bhojpur, Buxar, Kaimur & Rohtas districts.m

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The Milk Federation has already taken up organisation of Dairy Co-operative Societies (DCS) in the
districts of Gaya, Jehanabad, , arwal and nawada under magudh dairy project and .work has been
initiated in Saharsa, Supaul and Madhepura districts.mü      

 
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The districts of East and West Singhbhum, Ranchi, Bokaro and Dhanbad now in Jharkhand are being
covered by the dairies directly under the control of Milk Federation for the supply of milk and milk products
to the urban consumers in these cities. Procurement of milk has been taken up in Ranchi districts only. m
Physical Performancem

The physical performance indicators are showing a steady growth. The policy decisions taken to make it
a truly farmers organisation is shown the achievements listed below.m

DCS Organisation and Membershipm

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³Sudha´ milk and milk product has become a symbol of qualitty. As on date nine out of ten dairy plants
are ISO:9001:2000 and HACCP:IS:15000 :1998 certified. m
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Organisation of Dairy Cooperative Societies (DCS) and Membershipm

Particularsm 1987-88m 1997-98m 2002-03m 2005-06m 2008-09m 2009-10m

DCS Organisation m 1669m 2884m 4018m 5243m 7369m 8561m
DCS Functional m 1462m 2306m 3285m 4179m 4817m 6068m
Membership ('000) m 65.60m 147.20m 213.58m 267.18m 373.71m 462.79m

Milk Procurement Enhancement Program (TIP)m

The technical inputs program is one of the crucial activities of the milk unions / Compfed and is the major
strength responsible for the success of dairy cooperatives. The main technical inputs given to milk
producers include breeding facility, animal health cover, feed & fodder and extension/training services.
The inputs provided to the farmers are elaborated below. m

Artificial Insemination (AI) Programm

Artificial insemination with frozen semen using liquid nitrogen (LN) technology is done by static (single)
and mobile (cluster) AI workers who are self-employed persons specially trained by Compfed. The
progress of establishment of AI centres is as follows:m

Milk Union m 1987-88m 1997-98m 2002-03m 2005-06m 2008-09m 2009-10m

Patnam 120m 136(48)m 212(85)m 236((110)m 290(127)m 327(166)m
Baraunim 57m 104(35)m 156(55)m 178(55)m 209(75)m 240(100)m
Muzaffarpurm 20m 70(28)m 112(49)m 189(106)m 221(121)m 240(169)m
Samastipurm 29m 103(35)m 175(104)m 183(105)m 229(134)m 265(138)m
Bhagalpurm 0m 6(0)m 0(00)m 21(00)m 49(24)m 68(43)m
Ranchim 0m 2(0)m 19(03)m 05(02)m 07(02)m 07(02)m
Shahabadm 0m 50(15)m 152(47)m 194(52)m 212(51)m 252(99)m
Gayam 0m 0m 0m 30(12)m 48(19)m 56(30)m

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Totalm 226m 471(161)m 826(343)m 949(410)m 1279(553)m 1465(757)m

èote : Figures in parenthesis are of cluster centres whiere AI workers are provided a motorbike to cover 6
to 7 villages. m

AI's Performedm

Particularsm 1987-88m 1997-98m 2002-03m 2005-06m 2008-09m 2009-10m

Totalm 24926m 294895m 536672m 553408m 581746m 332912m
Adequate arrangements have been made to expand the coverage of dairy co-operative societies under
this program. For AI training, training facilities available at Compfed hqr are being utilised and some
persons are provided training at ERDTC, Siliguri, a NDDB managed training centre. Around 80% of the
total functional DCS are covered under this program. m

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nimal Health Programm

Main activities under animal health (AH) program include prophylactic vaccination, deworming, mastitis
control program, organisation of veterinary/infertility camps and treatment of veterinary first ais cases.
Resume of different components of AH program is as follows.m

 
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Around 2665 Veterinary First Aid (VFA) centres have been established which do the vaccinations.
Prophylactic inoculations are mainly done against Foot & Mouth Disease (FMD), Haemorrhage
Septicemia (HS), Black Quarter (BQ) and Theileriosis diseases. During 2001-02, after initial trial, mass
vaccination with Trio-o-vac (combined FMD, HS and BQ vaccine) on the lines of Pulse Polio vaccinations
in children was taken up. During 2009-10 about 16.35 lakh vaccinations have been done.m

Mastitis Control Programm

This program has been taken up with the technical assistance from NDDB. Under this program, screening
of milch animals is done using "Mastect". The doubtful or sub-clinical cases are given treatment.
Awareness amongst the milk producers is created for disinfecting the udders and teats after milking with
a view to check the infection of animals. Milk unions provide necessary disinfectant and teat cups to the
milk producers on cost basis.m

Dewormingm

Worm infestation in the milch animals affects the productivity adversely. Hence, for improving the
productivity and health of animals, deworming with broad-spectrum anthelmintics is arranged regularly by
the milk unions.m

Veterinary Campsm

The milk unions organise veterinary camps where the milk producers bring their animals for treatment.m

Feed and Fodderm

Since, seventy five to eighty percent of the cost of milk production depends on the feeding of milch
animals, this is very important affecting the economy of dairying activity. Both green fodder and balanced
cattlefeed are required to be fed in appropriate quantities for optimising the output i.e. the production and
also to maintain the health of the animal. The farmers in select dairy co-operative societies are being
provided training through a computerised nutrition balancing system with the help of National Dairy
Development Board.m

Adult Cattlefeed (ACF) and Bypass Protein Feed (BPF) is manufactured by our cattlefeed plants (CFP)
located at Patna, Ranchi and Muzaffarpur. The total installed capacity of these plants is 260 Metric
Tonnes Per Day (MTD) The cattlefeed produced by these plants is supplied on cost basis to the farmers.
Besides manufacturing BPF and ACF, CFP Ranchi also manufactures other livestock feeds to meet the
requirement of Govt. farms in Bihar and Jharkhand. During 2009-10, the sale of cattlefeed to DCS was
57.55 thousand MTs. m

Green fodder is equally important in animal nutrition. Besides providing important nutrients, it helps in
reducing the intake of balanced cattlefeed and in turn the cost of prodction. After prolonged extension
work and persuation, the farmers have started not only the cultivation of different fodders in their fields but
have started the production of fodder seeds. m

Another important scheme under fodder development has been the treatment of straw with urea, which
not only increases the palatibility of dry fodder but increases its nutritional value also. Feeding of urea
treated straw helps in reducing the cost of production of milk. Farmers have now taken it up on regular
basis and during 2009-10 about 11613 MTs of straw has been treated.m

Training / Manpower Development m

Capacity building / skill upgradation has been given maximum emphasis in implenting the dairy
development program. This has been achieved through regular training of milk producers, management
committee members (MCM) of DCS, staff of DCS / milk unions of Compfed. Training of milk producers,
DCS staff and MCM has been mainly arranged at the Compfed training centre at Patna. Training
programs organised at Compfed's training centre include programs of Society Operation for Secretaries,
Orientation of MCM, AI & VFA training, Dairy Animal Management, Legal Literacy & Women
Empowerment. Refreser courses and tailor made programs as per need of milk unions is also organised. m

èame of the Programm Total trainedm Womenm

Secretariesm 3194m 422m
MCMm 25297m 5473m
DAMm 3249m 636m
Alm 746m 81m
Otherm 3548m 2762m
Totalm 36034m 2762m

Clean Milk Productionm

Besides creating awareness amongst the milk producers about importance of clean milk production
(CMP) program, efforts are made to install bulk coolers and link the DCS covered under CMP with these
bulk coolers. Other actions taken include - Preponing arrival time of milk vehicles at chilling centres / dairy
docks, use of Stainless Steel milk cans, sanitization of milk cans, vigerous testing of adulterants etc. m