spent malt as cattle feed: sustainable business model
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Agriculture and livestock are the integral part of farming system and important sources of livelihoods in rural areas. Livestock, especially dairy is one of the major sources of livelihood for landless youth and women. Health and productivity of milch animals is largely dependent on feed availability as well as its cost and quality. Spent malt is good feed material for livestock for improving health, milk yield and fat content. Date: 09 September 2014TRANSCRIPT
Sep 2014
Spent Malt as Cattle Feed: Sustainable Business Model
Background•Agricultureandlivestockaretheintegralpartoffarmingsystemandimportantsourcesoflivelihoodsinruralareas.Livestock,especiallydairyisoneofthemajorsourcesoflivelihoodforlandlessyouthandwomen.Healthandproductivityofmilchanimalsislargelydependentonfeedavailabilityaswellasitscostandquality.Spentmaltisgoodfeedmaterialforlivestockforimprovinghealth,milkyieldandfatcontent.
Spent malt•Spentmaltisabyproductofbrewingindustry,consistingoftheresidueofmaltandgrainwhichcontainscarbohydrates,protiens,ligninandwater-solublevitaminsasanimalfeed.
• Itisquitepalatableandisreadilyconsumedbyanimals.
Spent malt as a business model•ItisasuccessfulbusinessmodelinFasalvadivillage,MedakdistrictandreplicatedinAdarshawatershed,Kothapallyvillage,Shankarpallymandal,RangaReddydistrictinTelanganastate.
•TejasriwomenSHGhasundertakentheresponsibilityoftransportationanddistributionofspentmalt.
•Trainingoncare,handlingandmaintenanceofspentmaltwasgiventowomenSHGandfarmers.
Benefits to farmers
•Fifty-fourbeneficiaryfarmersareutilizingthespentmalt(1080kg/day)andfeeding268milchanimals.
•Totalmilkproductioninthevillageisabout1250lit/dayanduseofspentmaltasanimalfeed,increasedmilkproductionof1.5liter/animalperdaywasobserved.
• IncreasedgrossincomeonmilkproductionisaboutRs12950/daywithanetincomeofRs9710/day.
• IncreasednetincomeofRs.291420permonthwithanaveragenetincomeofRs.5400perfamily.
Benefits to SHG•SpentmaltisprovidedbythebreweryatthecostofRs.1.75/kgandSHGissellingatRs.3.0/kg.
•TejasriwomenSHGhasprovided397882kgofspentmaltandearnedanetprofitofRs22020during12monthsperiodaftermeetingalltheexpenses.
Dairy activity with improved breeds of cows and buffalos in Kothapally village
Launching of Spent Malt activity in Kothapally village on 17 June 2013 (left), feeding and testing the acceptability of spent malt by buffalo (right)
Use of spent malt has increased milk production in Kothapally village
Visits of Sri Dinakar Babu, IAS, Medak district collector and other dignitaries (left) and foreign visitors (right) to the villages