India’s milk production grew by 5.7% to reach 198.4 Mill MT in 2019-20
India’s milk production is growing by 35.61% during the last six years to 198.4 million tonnes in 2019-20, says the Economic Survey. “Milk production in the country has increased from 146.3 million tonnes in 2014-15 to 198.4 million tonnes in 2019-20,” the survey said. Compared to 2018-19, it has increased by 5.70 percent according to…
Can the next budget unleash a grass-root revolution in India?
Can the next budget unleash a grass-root revolution in India? Yes, it can. Unlike China, which has followed the path of promoting state-capitalism, India is ready to follow a different growth path based on grass-root entrepreneurship. The increasing demand for promoting a bottom-up path to development is evident in the recent widespread protests by farmers….
India must attain global competitiveness in agriculture
Celebrated erudite economists have historically been free-market protagonists. Today, when India is at a crucial juncture of transforming agriculture, the astounding silence of intellectual class is stunning. Amid widespread protests on new reforms, one must explicitly understand that unless Indian agriculture becomes globally competitive, India’s dream to become atmanirbhar is hard to realise. Despite impressive…
Can the next budget unleash a grass-root revolution in India?
Can the next budget unleash a grass-root revolution in India? Yes, it can. Unlike China, which has followed the path of promoting state-capitalism, India is ready to follow a different growth path based on grass-root entrepreneurship. The increasing demand for promoting a bottom-up path to development is evident in the recent widespread protests by farmers….
EU surpasses FSSAI by banning dairy packagings for alternatives
The dairy industry is continuing its campaign against vegan alternatives for their products, like oat milk. A new set of rules, known as Amendment 171, would make it impossible for producers of such dairy alternatives to use similar packagings, such as yoghurt tubs or milk cartons. ‘Creamy’ or ‘contains no milk’ no longer allowed Oatly, among…
Dairy farmers need market linkage through Community mobilization : Kuldeep Sharma
This video is a part of the webinar organised by NDRI Karnal on innovative marketing of dairy products on Jan 12th,2021. The views are personal of Kuldeep Sharma. Kuldeep Sharma can be contacted at following coordinates. Kuldeep Sharma dairynews7x7@gmail.com
Dairy Products In India: Where Does India Stand?
Dairy plays a crucial role in India’s food choices and local cuisines. From sweets, ghee, butter to pure milk and curd, it is consumed across the spectrum. India has emerged from a dairy deficient country to the leading milk producer in the world today, with estimated production of milk in 2018-19 at 187 million tonnes….
Joe Biden as US President may review ‘mini deal’ with India
However, the US was still unimpressed and its focus of negotiations, before the American election, increasingly shifted to selling more farm goods to India. However, the US wanted India to import farm and dairy products of equivalent amount ($6-6.5 billion) to restore the GSP benefits. A “limited” trade deal between India and the US, which…
How to rear cows scientifically for better profitability ?
Dairy farmers can earn a lot of money if they take care of their cows scientifically. We all know animal husbandry has been a profession in India for generations. Milk is not the only source of income in cow husbandry. Cow dung and cow urine are highly sought-after items in organic farming. If the dung…
The Cow Was Not Domesticated With the Idea That There Is Divinity in It
Kharwas, a pudding made from the colostrum of cows, is, or should be, a nation-defining artefact. It’s a sort of steam-cooked, coagulated, first milk dhokla: an amuse-bouche that’s very slightly, lactically sweet, dressed in a negligee of saffron, that starts off smelling of the insides of the udder and the saliva of the new-born calf,…