Date:27/11/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/11/27/stories/2008112750240200.htm

Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad

‘Use latest knowhow to boost poultry industry’

Ponnala inaugurates poultry expo

100 firms from 16 countries taking part in the expo
Over 300 stalls at ‘Poultry India-2008, Our Industry Show’

HYDERABAD: A three-day international poultry exhibition, ‘Poultry India-2008, Our Industry Show’ commenced here on Wednesday with a call by Major Irrigation Minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah to use latest technology to upgrade the poultry industry.

Inaugurating the show -- in which more than 100 companies from over 16 countries participated and more than 300 stalls were put up -- Mr. Lakshmaiah, who is himself involved in poultry trade, said the use latest know-how, as being put to use in the West, was all the more necessary in the State, which was occupying the number 1 rank in the country.

The Minister stated that thanks to the government incentives, poultry industry was thriving in the State. It could get a boost if latest technology was used.

‘Relax norms’

Referring to a plea by a representative of the industry to relax norms for ban of poultry exports in over 30 zones across the country in the event of a calamity like bird flu, he assured to take up the issue with Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy. The industry wanted the ban limited to the affected zone and allow other to export.

Sri Lankan Minister for Livestock R.M.C.B. Ratnayake, L. Mohan, Director of Animal Husbandry, K. Narayan Reddy, president, AP Poultry Federation, Rami Reddy, president, AP Poultry Breeders’ Association, Anil Dhumal, president, Indian Poultry Equipment Manufacturers’ Association (IPEMA), were among those present at the inauguration.

Conference

The IPEMA and Exhibition Advisory Committee, comprising representatives of seven major poultry associations are jointly organising the exhibition.

A two-day poultry conference will commence on Thursday.