Every hour a farmer is committing suicide in India : Let us set new targets
Delhi border is sealed and the farmers are waiting for getting an appointment with the government to at least listen to them. They do not know that the job of the government is to make good laws and their reprint versions. The poor farmers also don’t know that it is their own responsibility to understand…
Who moved Mozzarella cheese and ghee into the PLI scheme for dairy ?
We are the world’s largest producer of milk, oilseeds, pulses, cotton, mangoes, papayas and bananas. Globally, India is the second-largest producer of rice, sugar, tea, vegetables and fish also. This makes food processing a priority sector for the policy makers. .The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval to introduce…
The future starts today, not tomorrow
The festival time is back. This time the new moon will rise from a much darker sky this diwali than before. Would the illumination of diyas and candles be sufficient to cover up the darkness which has been slowly encroaching the lives of millions and millions of victims this year. The victimization might not have…
Dairy is growing too fast: Lets put a few speed breakers
Milk is the single largest food consumed by Indians in terms of volumes and value. Dairy sector has outpaced the population growth by over 4.5 times since 2000. Everyone is talking about the intrinsic nature of this sector to double farmer’s income. Dairy business is amongst the quickest generator of cashflow for the farmers. There…
Remembering Dr Kurien is not enough : Lets walk the talk
We all remembered Dr Kurien on his eighth death anniversary on September 9th. It is quite apt to revisit the key principles which he so fondly embeded in the DNA of of NDDB and later operation flood program. Dr Kurien shared three golden principles tin his autobiography which paved the way of dairy development in…
Higher farm gate milk price and higher consumer milk prices : Can they coexist? A blog
Let us deep dive down into our memories and look at the situation just around 8 months back . The whole of north India is shivering under the cold wave right now but the dairy industry is facing the heat of consumer’s wrath over hike in milk prices in most part of the country at…
Replacing SNF with Protein will make milk pricing in India inclusive and milk more safe
“Carpentras, a village in southeastern France, which shortly held the country’s all-time heat record of 44.3 degrees on last Friday. The record was topped again later in the afternoon in the southern village of Villevieille, 100 kilometers (60 miles) to the east, which measured a thermometer-busting 45.1 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit).” Same is true with…
Relevance of Revenue shared price model of sugarcane for milk ? An out of the box approach
Dairy farmers are facing the wrath of COVID 19 due to lower prices being paid by dairy processors . India has different levels of milk prices today. Milk price received by the dairy farmers is classified on the type of buyers and region form where milk is procured. The following illustration gives average milk prices…
FSSAI’s standards of Paneer creates opportunity for differentiation
Covid times has taught us a lot about healthy and nutritious food. Consumers became more aware on their food selection and intake. The consumption of animal meat products reduced to very low level . It was because of the fact that Corona has emanated out of an animal. Social media has promoted the immunity boosting…
Milk price subsidy in India: Whose benefit ?
This video is part of our annual Round table during the Dairy industry expo at Pune on Oct 12, 2019. It talks about the prevailing milk subsidy by the cooperative sector and questions its benefit to the private sector. Due to such subsidies, the level playing field gets disturbed in the country. It becomes more…