According to data shared by Goa’s Animal Husbandry Minister Nilkant Halarnkar, the state’s milk procurement averages just 37,986 litres per month in FY 2024‑25, far below the average daily requirement of 48,818 litres. In the current fiscal up to June 2025, procurement slightly declined to 35,653 litres/month, while daily demand remains at 45,380 litres .
The gap between monthly supply and daily demand means Goa relies heavily on imports of milk from neighbouring states to maintain consumer supplies. The minister pointed to several structural issues—youth preferring tourism and service jobs over farming, fragmented landholdings, lack of large-scale or community dairying, and urbanisation—as barriers to boosting local production .
This milk deficit persists despite subsidy schemes; small-scale dairy farming remains constrained by limited scale and low participation, especially in coastal regions. Goa’s situation is illustrative of broader challenges in integrating state-level milk systems into national production ecosystems.
Industry Insight:
Goa’s dairy shortfall underscores the need for targeted trade and policy measures to bolster interstate milk supply chains, encourage cooperative-based community dairying models, and enhance fodder/farm support in ecologically constrained states.
Source :Dairynews7x7 Aug 1st, 2025