How green are India’s agri-exports? From sustainability perspective
Agri-exports touched $41.8 billion in FY 2020-21, registering a growth of 18 per cent over the previous year. This has brought some cheer within government circles and helped improve domestic farm prices somewhat. However, even these exports fall-much-short of the target of $60 billion that the Narendra-Modi-government set out to achieve by 2022. From a…
Dodla dairy’s IPO oversubscribed by 45.62 times on day 3
The public issue of Dodla Dairy has seen a subscription of 45.62 times as the offer received bids for 38.80 crore equity shares against IPO size of 85.07 lakh equity shares on June 18, the final day of bidding. The qualified institutional buyers have put in bids for 84.88 times of their reserved portion and that of non-institutional…
Low milk prices forces dairy farmers in Maharashtra to dump milk on roads
Dairy farmers in Maharashtra started protesting over the low prices of milk on Thursday morning. The protest, organised by the All India Kisan Sabha-the farmer’s outfit of the Communist party. The protest saw farmers emptying their milk cartoons on the road at various places in Aurangabad and Ahmednagar. Since the start of the lockdown in…
Date for submitting EOI under PLI to MOFPI extended to June 24th
This has reference tp the Expression of Interest(EOI) notice dated May 2,2021; to apply under the Production linked incentive scheme by Ministry of Food Processing. The last date to submit the EOI was June 17th by 5 PM. The ministry took the cognisance of the pandemic situation and request made by various applicants to extend…
Carbon neutral dairy farming is possible in 2050 : IFCN Conference
Carbon dioxide levels in the air are at their highest level in 650,000 years and we have seen 19 of the warmest years since 2000. Livestock and thus dairy farming undeniably contribute to greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). Torsten Hemme, founder of IFCN, states: “The GHG emissions of dairy farming account for about 2.2% of global…
Carbon neutral dairy farming is possible in 2050 : IFCN Conference
Carbon dioxide levels in the air are at their highest level in 650,000 years and we have seen 19 of the warmest years since 2000. Livestock and thus dairy farming undeniably contribute to greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). Torsten Hemme, founder of IFCN, states: “The GHG emissions of dairy farming account for about 2.2% of global…
Prepare schemes to boost dairy & livestock production: CM Assam
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday held a meeting with Animal-Husbandry and Veterinary Department; at his conference hall and reviewed the implementation of various schemes. He asked the department to propose three new schemes by July 7 ;to augment milk production and achieve self-reliance in pork and poultry production in order to stop imports….
Milk coop societies stop buying milk from farmers afflicted by Covid
Farmers in the district complain that many milk producers’ co operative societies are stopping buying milk from the households where there are Covid-19 positive cases for the past 14 days. Thousands of poor and marginal farmers are into dairy farming for a livelihood and the decision of milk cooperative societies is causing them a lot…
Dodla Dairy IPO: 10 things to know before subscribing public issue
The initial public offering of Dodla Dairy is going open for subscription on Wednesday. This would be the third company to launch an IPO this week, after Sona Comstar and Shyam Metalics. The equity shares issued by the company will be listed on both BSE and the National Stock Exchange. ICICI Securities and Axis Capital are the book running lead…
Chobani leans into demand for healthier foods with no-sugar yogurt
Chobani is rolling out a Greek yogurt without sugar as the food maker doubles down on healthier offerings in demand; with consumers who are more closely watching what they eat and drink. The company said Chobani-Zero-Sugar, shipping to retailers this month; is the first nationally distributed product in the U.S. yogurt aisle that has no-trace-of-sugar. Each…