Don’t underestimate the power of a microbe: Precision Fermentation
Last week one piece of news made me think deeply and explore the vast impact of this disruption in the future. The news was about Remilk establishing its world’s largest full-scale precision fermentation facility. This center is established in more than 750,000 square feet in Kalundborg, Denmark . At the new facility, Remilk will produce non-animal…
Don’t underestimate the power of a microbe: Precision Fermentation
Last week one piece of news made me think deeply and explore the vast impact of this disruption in the future. The news was about Remilk establishing its world’s largest full-scale precision fermentation facility. This center is established in more than 750,000 square feet in Kalundborg, Denmark . At the new facility, Remilk will produce non-animal…
About ₹2.51 lakh cr farm loan waived off by States since 2012: study
To make farmers aatmanirbhar, the governments should instead nurture a healthy credit culture and empower them via a robust ecosystem rather than relieving all the borrowers, irrespective of their distress levels. Only 4 out of the 21 political parties lost the election (either at the Centre or State) following the electoral promise and implementation of…
Food, fuel price shocks to last at least 3 years – World Bank
World Bank expects energy prices to rise more than 50% Global food and fuel price shocks linked to the Russia-Ukraine war are set to last until at least the end of 2024 and raise the risk of stagflation, the World Bank said in its latest Commodities Market Outlook report. In its first comprehensive analysis of…
Food, fuel price shocks to last at least 3 years – World Bank
World Bank expects energy prices to rise more than 50% Global food and fuel price shocks linked to the Russia-Ukraine war are set to last until at least the end of 2024 and raise the risk of stagflation, the World Bank said in its latest Commodities Market Outlook report. In its first comprehensive analysis of…
Why Lanka’s failed dairy experiment is glass half full
It was sometime in 1997. In Colombo, in the basement banquet hall of a five-star hotel, the “milk man of India” was addressing a press conference to announce a $20 million joint venture between the National Dairy Development Board and Sri Lanka’s state-owned MILCO. It would be called Kiriya — kiri being the Sinhalese word…
India, say cheese: Mozzarella cheese leads the product diversity in dairy
(Mozzarella cheese is not a local product, nor widely consumed in India outside our metros, or even widely produced in India. Essentially a milk-paneer-butter country, our per capita annual consumption of cheese is less than 200gm, compared to a global average of 7kg per annum. So, it puzzled observers when the Union cabinet rolled out…
Dairy Farmers Rearing Indigenous Cows Will Get Rs. 900 per Month in MP
The Madhya Pradesh government has announced that farmers who raise indigenous cows will receive Rs 900 per month. The remark was made by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday while virtually addressing a Niti Ayog session on agriculture. To encourage natural farming , the CM also announced the formation of the Madhya Pradesh Natural Agriculture…
About ₹2.51 lakh cr farm loan waived off by States since 2012: study
To make farmers aatmanirbhar, the governments should instead nurture a healthy credit culture and empower them via a robust ecosystem rather than relieving all the borrowers, irrespective of their distress levels. Only 4 out of the 21 political parties lost the election (either at the Centre or State) following the electoral promise and implementation of…
Dairy farmers demand withdrawal of anti-cow slaughter legislation
Accusing the Government of creating fear psychosis among farmers using the Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Act, a convention of dairy farmers has demanded that the legislation be scraped at the earliest in their interest. The conventionheld in Chickballapur on Thursday alleged that police were harassing farmers by using the provisions of…