Inclusion of cheese in India-EU FTA is not healthy for Indian dairy farmers
After successfully blocking milk product imports from New Zealand and Australia under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, the Indian dairy industry is mounting similar pressure vis-à-vis a free trade deal with the European Union (EU). “They want to include dairy in the India-EU free trade agreement (FTA), which we are strongly resisting. When…
60K dairy farms to strategize their supply-chain with Dodla- Hesa Global
65% of India is still under the rural sector which is yet to go through development and lacks in terms of livelihood and employment. With this new wave of startup culture in India and new innovative ideas flowing, a lot of startups have been focused towards contributing to rural development. These start-ups are working towards…
Zydus eyes ghee segment with launch of Nutralite Doodhshakti
With a focus on grabbing a bigger share of the packaged food business, Zydus Wellness is targeting the ghee segment. It has also been ramping up its overall direct distribution across urban and rural regions. The company recently launched ghee and probiotic butterspread under the brand Nutralite Doodhshakti. Focus on retail sales Tarun Arora, CEO,…
Rs 4 per litre milk subsidy released to Karimnagar dairy farmers
Good news to the milk farmers of Karimnagar Dairy as the State government has announced release of Rs 4 per litre incentive to a tune of Rs 26.19 crore to the farmers of integrated Karimnagar district from January 2019 onwards. Ch Rajeshwara Rao, Chairman of Karimnagar Milk Producer Company Limited, along with Mother Dairy Chairman…
1,000 Vijaya Dairy outlets to be set up across Telangana State
Animal Husbandry Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav said on Friday that Vijaya Dairy would soon increase the number of outlets in the State to 1,000 in view of the increase in customer base. This will also help in generating employment to over one lakh people, he said. Addressing a press conference at Telangana Rashtra Samithi Legislature…
Govt to launch Rs 5000 Crores dairy entrepreneurship scheme
The Centre will soon roll out a ₹5,000-crore scheme to promote entrepreneurship in the animal husbandry sector, with the twin objective of increasing productivity and reducing input costs, Atul Chaturvedi, secretary, ministry of fisheries, animal husbandry and dairying said in an interview. The focus will shift from alleviating poverty to encouraging more investments in the sector,…
Nestlé India is looking to expand its footprint in the rural markets
Amid subdued growth in the urban markets, Nestlé India is looking to aggressively expand its footprint in the rural markets, with a target to reach 1,20,000 villages in the next 2-3 years, bolstered by targeted products as well as campaigns, Suresh Narayanan, Chairman and Managing Director, Nestlé India said. Speaking to select mediapersons, Mr. Narayanan…
Buffalo milk and meat could both help double dairy farmers income
India is the world’s second-largest producer of farm products and blessed with 140 million hectares of sown farmland, nearly 1,200 mm of average annual rainfall and as many as 15 agro-climatic zones. However, despite this treasure of resources, India’s agricultural exports are hardly $ 40 billion a year. With the world expected to add another…
Mayor of Patiala will take stern action against suppliers of spurious milk
The Municipal Corporation (MC) will take action against those preparing spurious milk in the city. Officials of the MC today held a meeting with dairy farmers, being shifted to a new project, wherein the Mayor gave assurance to fulfil their demands and address all issues. During meeting officials said over 85 units out of 134…
Animal husbandry department is looking at creating Cow factories in India
The Animal Husbandry department is looking at creating ‘cow factories’ in which embryos and semen from superior breed cattle, fertilised in labs, will then be implanted into low-productive cows owned by farmers. Atul Chaturvedi, Secretary (Animal Husbandry), told ThePrint that since 2017 — when the first calf was born in India through in-vitro fertilisation (IVF)…