75 Facts about Indian dairy industry on Azadi ka amrit mahotsav
The whole nation is enjoying the 75 years of independence. Dairy sector has contributed in a special way by supporting the agriculture sector in greater Gross value addition. Dairy contributes to nearly one third of the total Agriculture value. India is the largest producer of milk in the world. However it is also the largest…
NDRI Karnal: Taking research to farmers’ doorstep
Chairman of Anand-headquartered National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) Meenesh Shah on Saturday announced that the NDDB and the ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) would work together to take the research work to the farmers’ doorstep, so that they could get the benefits of the research work done by the NDRI scientists. He was chairing a…
VKCoE, IRMA, organised Training program on Reducing Carbon Footprint
Verghese Kurien Centre of Excellence (VKCoE) organized a management development programme (MDP) on “Reducing Carbon Footprint in Dairy Plants to Increase Operating Profits” between 2 and 5 August 2022 in IRMA. Seventeen dairy professionals from different milk unions from India participated in the programme. The objective of this training programme was to help dairy professionals…
At IDF World Dairy Summit, India to look for milk productivity improvement
Despite being world’s largest milk producer with largest cattle population, India’s lags behind in yield India will look to improve its per animal milk productivity by drawing lessons from advanced nations at the four-day International Dairy Federation World Dairy Summit (IDF WDS 2022), scheduled to be held in New Delhi from September 12. Currently, the…
NDDB Launches ‘NDDB Mrida Ltd’ for Manure Management
On the occasion, Rupala said NDDB Mrida Ltd will open avenues of additional income to dairy farmers from sale of slurry/dung. The savings to the farmers by virtue of replacement of cooking fuel with biogas. Efforts are being made for better utilization of bovine dung but most are individual initiatives. Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister of…
IDF World Dairy Summit’s Poster Competition Begins
International Dairy Federation’s World Dairy Summit 2022, the most coveted event of the dairy sector, will be organized in India’s New Delhi-NCR from September 12-15 this year in which dairy industry stakeholders from over 40 countries would participate and work towards ways to further develop dairy industry. As part of the International Dairy Federation World…
Stories of women empowerment through dairy: ’World Dairy Summit 2022
India to host IDF’s annual event first time since 1974 The annual flagship summit of the International Dairy Federation (IDF) – World Dairy Summit 2022 will be held in India first time since 1974 under the theme of “livelihood and nutrition”. The first physical event post Covid by the IDF, will be organised in New…
World Dairy Summit in India to take up export issue of liquid milk
India is the world’s largest producer of milk but the country cannot export its surplus as Indian milk does not fulfil the international food quality standard. Though India exports few dairy products to certain countries, the liquid (raw) milk has so far not been able to get global market access. This concern will be one…
Assam Govt Inks Pact With NDDB; To Enhance Milk Output to 1 mill LPD
In a bid to enhance the daily milk output in the northeastern state to over a million litres, the Assam Government today inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) for a five-year period. According to the agreement, NDDB would oversee the managerial operations of East Assam Milk Producers’ Cooperative Union…
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…