India means business when it comes to climate action: Goyal
India means business when it comes to addressing the climate change but it is the developed world which needs to move further from paying a lip service to the cause and show action on ground, Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles said, showcasing India’s approach…
CAG report picks holes in DBT payments to dairy farmers
Though all departments were required to use the centralised Core DBT Portal by the end of 2018-19 and for 239 schemes, the state could achieve DBT for only 83 schemes as of April 2021. The Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) payment of Rs 56.08 lakh to 8,464 milk farmers under the Ksheerasiri scheme was pending since…
Lakhs of Farmers Collectively Revolutionizing Organized Dairy Sector: NDDB Chairman
Speaking on day 4 of IDF World Dairy Summit 2022, the Chairman of the National Dairy Development Board Meenesh Shah announced that about 75,000 farmers have created about 20 producer-owned entities (MPCs). The Chairman of the National Dairy Development Board Meenesh Shah today said that the milk procurement by milk-producing organizations, owned by farmers, is set to…
Dairy majors scramble for plant-based alternatives
A rapidly increasing number of environmentally-conscious consumers opt for cruelty-free ethical products and brands force large international milk product companies to shift their focus on manufacturing plant-based dairy products. Globally, the market for plant-based or milk alternatives is one of the fastest-growing segments in the functional and specialty beverages area of newer food product development….
CSIR to help consumers identify spoilt milk with new technology
CSIR will soon unveil a technology to help consumers identify spoilt milk without opening the packet of milk. Speaking at the ongoing IDF World Dairy Summit 2022, Rajeshwar S. Matche, Chief Scientist and Head, Food Packaging and Technology, CSIR-CFTRI said that ordinary people face this basic issue of buying a packet of milk but cannot…
Women-led firms launch value-added products
The International Dairy Federation (IDF)’s World Dairy Summit 2022 on Wednesday saw women-centric milk producer companies (MPCs) launching their products in presence of global majors. The MPCs owned by farmers are set to triple their milk procurement to reach value of more than ₹18,000 crore from the current ₹5,575 crore in the next five years….
Fodder availability will be primary concern in coming days, says Tomar
Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday raised concerns over the looming shortage of fodder for animals in the coming days and appealed to the policymakers, entrepreneurs and dairy leaders to resolve the issue. Speaking at the International Dairy Federation (IDF)‘s World Dairy Summit’s session on Feed, Food and Waste,…
Amul, NDDB can jointly explore dairy machinery manufacturing: Amit Shah
After having assigned the dairy major Amul a task to provide a marketing platform for organic food products, Union Minister for Cooperation, Amit Shah on Monday gave the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (GCMMF) and the dairy body, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), a responsibility to make India self-reliant in dairy machinery manufacturing. At the International…
NDDB arm to launch domestic bovine sex-selection technology
To increase the population of milch animals and their productivity, an indigenous and affordable sex-sorted semen technology will soon be rolled out for dairy farmers in India. Field trials NDDB Dairy Services, a subsidiary of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), has successfully conducted field trials of sex-sorted semen. The sex-sorting semen technology separates male…
Milk price to be hiked by ₹3 a litre?
Efforts so far to increase the price has been stonewalled by the government After over three years, the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) is likely to increase selling price of Nandini milk by ₹3 a litre. While a decision on this was taken at the KMF’s annual general body meeting here on Friday, its date of…