In 2012, poultry farm in Prigorodny District of North Ossetia will create more than 600 new jobs

A large-scale poultry development project, which is currently being implemented in the Prigorodny District of North Ossetia, next year will open new production facilities, which will allow employing more than 600 local residents, said the director of the "Mikhailovskiy Pedigree Multiplication Farm". The authorities support the project and indicate that there are some other interesting suggestions regarding organization of new productions in the district.

The "Mikhailovskiy Pedigree Multiplication Farm" assumes to reconstruct the fodder shop with installation of modern equipment for production of granulated feed with the capacity of ten tons per hour. They also plan to replace the equipment of the poultry yard and install new climate and lighting systems and a new set of 10 incubators, reconstruct the slaughter and disposing facilities, and start producing up to 100 names of products.

The total investments needed to build new facilities make 921 million roubles, of which 443 million roubles are credit resources, while the rest are the funds of the farm and direct investors, said Director Anatoly Tsalkosov. According to his story, auxiliary facilities, including transportation and trade ones will be created around the new poultry farm.

"The main facility is located in the village of Dachnoe of the Prigorodny District, surrounded by six settlements with a high level of unemployment. I already had a meeting with residents of the village of Chermen and asked to make a list of those who want to work. Instead of travelling from the village to the city to work, it's better to go to our production facilities, located four kilometres away," Anatoly Tsalkosov told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

By continuing the topic of attraction of additional manpower, he explained that currently the farm employs 126 people, and it is estimated that their salaries will be 40 percent higher than the republic's average, which is 12,500 roubles.

The company makes foodstuffs to meet the local demand of 15 kilos of poultry per capita, while the project will triple the figure and ensure liquidity in the market, said the director.

The tension on the labour market (the number of registered unemployed per vacancy) in the Prigorodny District now makes 7.3, which corresponds to the national average; the number of officially registered unemployed is 782 people.