India’s Dairy Model: Trade Strength Built on Low Costs
By Harish Damodaran How competitive and efficient is India’s dairy sector? That’s a question being asked, especially with pressure on India from the Donald Trump administration in the United States to open up its market to American dairy products. One way to assess competitiveness is prices. Take corn (maize), where the farmgate price in the US is…
J&K to Emulate Varanasi Dairy Model for Cooperatives
Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Rajiv Ranjan Singh, and J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah convened in Srinagar for a high-level review of livestock and fisheries in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K). Singh urged J&K officials to adopt the acclaimed Varanasi dairy cooperative model, credited for significantly boosting milk production and generating revenue from…