New AMCHAM President

Moji Akingbade, General Manager of Paxar Lanka, a fully-owned subsidiary of Avery Dennison Retail Information Business in Sri Lanka, has been appointed as the new President of the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) in Sri Lanka, from December.

She has more than 18 years experience in the product identification/printing business. She began her career in the UK as an Account Executive in the printing industry and in 1997 moved to Sri Lanka.
 

Dairy farmers want more

Hiran H. SENEWIRATNE

The All Island Dairy Farmers’ Federation (AIDFF) urged the Government to assist local dairy farmers to increase production of fresh liquid milk by increasing payments.

AIDFF President Dr. Sisira Senadeera said Sri Lanka has the potential to be self-sufficient in fresh milk if the Government assists the dairy farming community.

One of the problems encountered by dairy farmers is the Government owned diary manufacturing company Milco and other multinational companies paying a very low price resulted in many dairy farmers moving away from the sector.

Today these companies are buying a litre of milk for Rs. 23, which is not sufficient to cope with the increasing cost of production in the country.

In the Budget it was pledged to promote the local dairy industry and it was given more emphasis to increase the fresh milk payment to Rs. 35 this has only increased by Rs. 2 due to the agitation from the farmer community. “We want’s this implemented without delay”, he said.

Dr. Senadeera said Milco buys 50 per cent of the total milk production from local farmers while the balance is purchased from multinational companies