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,…
Agriculture must emulate dairy cooperative model of milk procurement
Farmers can learn from the successful cooperative model and gain better remuneration for their produce Indian farmers remain gravely concerned and even suspicious about the new farm regulations despite repeated assurances from the government that their interests are fully protected under the proposed regime. The spectre of corporatisation and highly resourceful transnational companies seems to…
Dairy is the farm sector’s growth engine: Dilip Rath
Central schemes have contributed in improving the productivity of milch animals. However, the sustainability of our dairy sector largely depends on bringing about efficiencies across the dairy value chain. The dairy sector has been a growth propeller for the agricultural and allied sectors, and has significantly contributed towards creation of rural wealth. Its contribution to…
Dairy is the farm sector’s growth engine: Dilip Rath
Central schemes have contributed in improving the productivity of milch animals. However, the sustainability of our dairy sector largely depends on bringing about efficiencies across the dairy value chain. The dairy sector has been a growth propeller for the agricultural and allied sectors, and has significantly contributed towards creation of rural wealth. Its contribution to…
Guidelines for promoting FPOs a bureaucratic maze
The current guidelines may not inspire confidence among farmers on entering into collective enterprises.Prime minister Modi in his address commemorating 75 years of the UN’s FAO, reiterated India’s commitment to enhance its farmers’ income. He also reiterated the resolve to create 10,000 additional Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs), one of the main pillars in the proposed…
Guidelines for promoting FPOs a bureaucratic maze
The current guidelines may not inspire confidence among farmers on entering into collective enterprises.Prime minister Modi in his address commemorating 75 years of the UN’s FAO, reiterated India’s commitment to enhance its farmers’ income. He also reiterated the resolve to create 10,000 additional Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs), one of the main pillars in the proposed…
Dairy farmer’s survival comes in the way of India trade deal with US,EU
India’s effort to wrap up bilateral trade deals with major economies after pulling out of a China-backed regional pact has hit a major stumbling block — its dairy industry. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration is hesitant to allow free access of dairy products from several countries, including the US, the EU and the UK, due…