Karimnagar Dairy distributing breeding bulls to boost milk production
The Karimnagar Milk Producer Company limited (Karimnagar Dairy) has embarked on an ambitious mission of distributing breeding bulls to milk societies in erstwhile Karimnagar district to increase milk production that would benefit milk producers. Along with the artificial insemination of milch animals, dairy authorities have started distributing the breeding bulls in the interior villages where…
MSP and FCI based cereal economy not comparable with dairy economies: Dec 6th
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Amul to replicate Gujarat dairy cooperative model in AP
Amul is within the strategy of replicating its famed Gujarat cooperative dairy production mannequin in Andhra Pradesh. Amul units out to make AP a hub for its enlargement to the Southern markets and Odisha. Dairy main Amul will assist about 10,000 ladies cooperatives construct a community of cow and buffalo milk production centres. The firm has…
Activists urge government to restart College milk and milk powder program
Various nutritionists, docs and activists have written a letter to Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa to restart the Ksheera Bhagya programme for presidency and aided faculty college students. According to them, there was a “total shutdown” of milk and milk powder since June 2020. While all college students got 500 grams of milk powder for the…
Amul becomes 8th largest dairy in the world as per IFCN Germany
As per the latest IFCN , Germany Amul becomes 8th largest dairy in the world handling 1.2% of global milk production. The IFCN Top 20 Milk Processors List provides validated, comparable data to better understand the largest dairy processors worldwide. In 2020, IFCN has extended its research about these processors and has created the world’s first dairy…
Dairy, MSP and FCI: Myths and realities
Comparing the cereal economy with dairy sector is illogical. Despite their faults, MSP regime and FCI are relevant There has been a considerable amount of debate and discussion on the new the farm legislation, which has raised concerns over the relevance of the Minimum Support Price (MSP) mechanism. Also, the Food Corporation of India (FCI)…
Indian agriculture needs many more Verghese Kurien clones
It is ironic that on Verghese Kurien’s 99th birth anniversary, farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh were marching to Delhi to protest against the three farm Bills that were passed by the Lok Sabha in September. Kurien who spent his life, after his engineering studies in Michigan, with the farmers of Anand, would…
Banas Dairy registers new milk procurement record
The Banaskantha District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union Ltd (BDCMPUL) popularly known as Banas Dairy registered highest single day procurement on Friday. Asia’s largest milk co-operative procured 73.93 lakh litres per day (LLPD) milk – up against last year’s single day peak which was 73.71 LLPD. “This became possible because of the hard work of our…
Nation pays tribute to Dr Verghese Kurien on National mIlk Day
Dr Kurien’s birthday on 26th Nov is celebrated as the National Milk Day since 2014. A tribute to him on his day, remembering his work and his life, is in order. Post-independence and till the 1980s, India faced a shortage of milk with rationing and fluctuations in seasonal supply. Operation Flood completely transformed the lives…
Is India’s position in the global dairy sector under threat?
Due to protests across the country by farmers and trade unions, India has not signed the RCEP – and the dairy industry has had much to do with the government opting out. In May 2020, India pulled out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) with Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar, Brunei,…