S’wak’s Meragang buffalo breeding station seen as prospective gold mine

By Muhammad Ammar Shafiq Hamzah

LAWAS, Nov 17 (Bernama) — Trying on the nice potential of the Meragang buffalo breeding station and the buffalo breeding trade as an entire, the Sarawak authorities by means of the Northern Area Improvement Company (NRDA) has allotted RM15 million to improve the station.

The allocation can also be for the development of a manufacturing facility producing mozzarella cheese from buffalo milk on the station, which is positioned in Merapok about 27 km from Lawas city.

Established in 1991, the station which operates as a breeding, coaching and analysis centre now homes greater than 300 water buffaloes that are additionally used for the breeding programme underneath the ‘pawah’ (sharing) system.

The venture, which is at present underneath tender course of and anticipated to be accomplished in 2024, can even have different buildings similar to staff quarters and cheese storage rooms.

With the intention to make the venture a hit, ‘Murrah’ buffaloes, the best milk producing breed, can be imported from India and Pakistan, in accordance with senior assistant veterinary officer of the Lawas District Veterinary Providers Division, Robine Asut.

“By 2024, we purpose for Meragang station to have greater than 1,000 Murrah buffaloes and by 2025 our cheese processing manufacturing facility will be capable to function at excessive capability.

“We can even diversify our merchandise similar to producing contemporary milk and yogurt in addition to trying on the agro-tourism side,” he advised Bernama just lately. 

Robine stated the Murrah buffalo can even be launched to native breeders in order that they will take part within the mozzarella cheese venture.

“The buffalo milk will be bought to us or we’ll create a gathering centre for us to gather the milk. It is a new type of wealth for our breeders.

“Breeders may have two incomes, the primary is milk which is ‘white gold’ and the second is meat which is ‘purple gold’. That is the transformation that we’ll carry in comparison with solely relying on the sale of meat,” he stated.

Sarawak authorities established the NRDA on March 15, 2018, to spur financial growth within the Lawas and Limbang districts, which cowl a complete space of seven,790 sq km.

The NRDA, underneath its chairman, Sarawak Deputy Premier, Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan, has additionally taken steps to construct a brand new airport within the Sundar space right here, estimated to value RM600 million.

— BERNAMA

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