Co-operative word reminds us of Amul for good reasons

When we hear the word ‘co-operative’, most of us think of Amul, and for good reasons. We also think of sugar co-operatives and housing cooperatives, though not in the same league. Some will recall primary agriculture credit co-ops. Most people will not cite IFFCO or KRIBHCO, two large, efficient multi state co-ops. Amul impacts the lives…

Co-operative word reminds us of Amul for good reasons

When we hear the word ‘co-operative’, most of us think of Amul, and for good reasons. We also think of sugar co-operatives and housing cooperatives, though not in the same league. Some will recall primary agriculture credit co-ops. Most people will not cite IFFCO or KRIBHCO, two large, efficient multi state co-ops. Amul impacts the lives…

World milk day at Dr Kurien CoE: “Reducing Carbon Footprint in Dairying”

Established by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Milk Day is celebrated every year on June 1st, to recognise the importance of milk as a global food, where the benefits of consuming milk and milk products are actively promoted world-wide. With the dairy sector supporting the livelihoods of around one billion people, the theme…

World milk day at Dr Kurien CoE: “Reducing Carbon Footprint in Dairying”

Established by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Milk Day is celebrated every year on June 1st, to recognise the importance of milk as a global food, where the benefits of consuming milk and milk products are actively promoted world-wide. With the dairy sector supporting the livelihoods of around one billion people, the theme…

Genomic selection in Gujarat launched jointly by NDDB and GCMMF

Mr Meenesh Shah, ED NDDB and Sh R S Sodhi, MD GCMMF signed a historic MOU on May 18,2021 at Anand. This collaboration will be to expand reference population for genomic selection. In order to develop the genomic inventory the performance of a set of animals will be recorded over a period of time. In the next…

Amid rising losses, Mother Dairy comes out with VRS scheme

At a time when the country is facing its worst health crisis and governments and organisations are looking to provide support to citizens and employees respectively, Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable Pvt Limited — a wholly-owned subsidiary of National Dairy Development Board — has announced a voluntary retirement scheme for its employees, offering a maximum…

Ananda,Amul & DMS sell best quality Paneer : 9th May Dairynews7x7

This channel covers dairy-related news from India and abroad. It will cover top seven dairy news from last seven days. The news will air on every Sunday. The channel will have expert interviews, market and technical analysis and a lot more sections very soon https://youtu.be/ihS8jK_DmqU Seven news in this edition are as follows : Ananda, Amul and…

MOU between NDDB and EESL for energy efficient solutions to dairy

National Dairy Development Board on Thursday said it has signed an agreement with Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) to promote efficient renewable technologies in the dairy industry. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed on May 5 at Ananda, Gujarat by NDDB Executive Director Meenesh Shah and EESL Director (Projects) Venkatesh Dwivedi in the presence…

Arun Raste ED NDDB to take over as NCDEX chief

Arun Raste, executive director of National Dairy Development Board, will take over as the new Managing Director & CEO of agriculture focused National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange. His appointment is valid for five years. Raste will join NCDEX in due course of time, said the exchange in a statement. Earlier, market regulator Securities and Exchange…

NDDB has developed “Dairy Surveyor” – a GIS-enabled application

While delivering the keynote address at NDDB’s webinar on “Dairy Surveyor – Taking Technology to the Dairy Network” on 15 March 2021, Ms Varsha Joshi, Joint Secretary (Cattle & Dairy Development), Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying), Govt of India and Chairman, NDDB said that in line with…