DAIRY,POULTRY AWARDS

                                            
                                     DAIRY,POULTRY AWARDS
  The government has announced the 2010 award for the best dairy and poultry farmers at the state and district levels. Sojan Mathew of Idukki won the award for the best dairy farmer in the state, which carries a purse of Rs one lakh. D Sanchi of Kollam won the state award for excellence in integrated farming, which also carries a cash component of Rs one lakh.
  The awards were announced by Agriculture Minister K.P Mohanan. M.C Mohammed of Kasaragod won the best poultry farmer award. K.P Unnikrishnan of Thrissur won award for the best young farmer and R. Sudha of Thiruvananthapuram won the best woman farmer award. All the  three of Rs. 50,000 each.
The society for prevention of cruelty to Animals (SPCA), Kollam was chosen for the best animal welfare initiative award. It carries a cash prize of Rs 25,000.
 The awards for best dairy farmers at the district level, each carrying a cash prize of Rs20,000, were won by K.N Vijayakumar ( Thiruvananthapuram) V. Suresh (kollam) Prakash.K. Shenoy(Alappuzha), R.Suresh ( Pathanam thitta) Reji Punnose ( Kottayam) Geroge Mathew (Idukki) ,Biju George(Ernakulam) V.A Prasannan (Thrissur) and M. Rajesh (palakkad), Kerala Kumari ( Malappuram) Jose Scaria(kozhicodu, Saji Kurian(Wayanadu) A.K Mithun (Kannur) and M.V Chandran (Kasaragod.)

The award for excellence in integrated farming at the district level was won by V.P Ravi(Alapuzha) Thomas Tharakan (Pathanamthitta), Joy Lukose( Kottayam), Biju George (Idukki), P.K Ali ( Ernakulam), M. Jaya kumar( Thrissur), C. Bala subrahamanian (Palakkad), Abu baker Haji (Malappuram) Robin thomas (kozhikodu) and NH Prakash( Wayanad)

                                                                   Prof. John Kurakar