Cooperative model best suited for development of India: Amit Shah
Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Sunday described the cooperative model as the best suited model to achieve an all-encompassing and inclusive development in a huge country like India with a population of 130 crore. Mr. Shah said the cooperative model had the capacity to bring prosperity for all and there was a…
Cornext: This startup solves the fodder crisis for dairy farmers
Founded in 2015 by three entrepreneurs—Madhav Kshatriya, Amarnath Sarangula and Feroz Ahmed—Cornext has taken an integrated approach to help dairy farmers. This agritech startup offers low-cost, innovative quality feeding solutions for the dairy farmers. Kshatriya, an MBA from Australia and a dairy farmer himself, has an in-depth understanding of the pain points of a dairy…
Dairy Farmers To Get “Kisan Credit Card”: Union Minister
Union Minister Parshottam Rupala on Friday said the ”kisan credit card” will be given to dairy farmers as well enabling them to get loans of up to ₹ 3 lakh at reduced interest rates. Speaking at the National Milk Day celebrations in Anand in Gujarat, the Union minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying also launched online…
Vidya Dairy’s contribution in the making of dairy professionals
The Vidya Dairy model will foster the development of the dairy sector at the academic, research and commercial levels Milk production in India has jumped from 20.80 million tonnes in 1970 to 187.96 million tonnes in 2018, as per FAO sources (2020). This big increase can be attributed to the efforts and vision of the…
Dairy farmers in the dark about herbal remedies to treat cattle
Lack of awareness of herbal veterinary medicines (Ethno Veterinary Medicine) is forcing farmers to choose costly chemical formulations. For example, simple herbal formulations for Mastitis made from Aloe vera, Turmeric and Calcium oxide cost just Rs 40 whereas allopathic medicines cost more than Rs 400. There are more than 20 herbal formulations accepted and followed…
DMK govt decides to include Aavin ghee as Pongal gift hamper
Dairy farmers are elated at Chief Minister MK Stalin’s announcement to include Aavin ghee in the Pongal gift hamper to be distributed to ration card holders. Welcoming the development, secretary of Tamil Nadu Milk Producers Welfare Association (TNMPWA) M G Rajendran said, “The announcement has come as a saviour for Aavin as out of 25 unions, 20 are facing…
SBI-PONLAIT signs MOU to provide loan to dairy farmers in Puducherry
State Bank of India (Chennai circle) has inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Puducherry Cooperative Milk Producers Union (PONLAIT) to provide loan to individual dairy farmers here. The loan would be given under SAFAL (simple and fast agriculture loan) scheme of the bank. The amount of loan is up to a limit of…
Dairy.com To Help Indian Dairy Partners With IT Services and Intelligence
India is the largest producer of dairy in the world and the industry’s market’s value in the country reached INR 11,357 Bn in 2020 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 15.4% to reach INR 23,243 by 2026. Though many companies have tried to break into the market due to its sheer volume, very…
Ditch dairy to save male calves: PETA India urges people to go vegan
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India has urged people across India to shun dairy products as a part of their new campaign to inform about the cruelty inflicted on male calves in the dairy industry. PETA has come up with a message, “Male calves are discarded like trash because they can’t…
Synthetic biology building sustainable businesses in the vegan milk
The significant scientific effort and VC investment in synthetic-biology-led dairy products ought to be of some interest in India In the previous article (bit.ly/3oEccb2), we saw a short excerpt from a US patent on making “animal-free dairy” substitutes composed of mammalian milk proteins. The US Patents and Trademarks Office assigned it to Perfect Day Foods…