IIL invests Rs 700 cr in new vaccine plant to combat FMD and HS
Biotechnology company Indian Immunologicals (IIL), under the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), on Thursday announced the start of the construction of its new vaccine manufacturing plant at Genome Valley, Hyderabad. The company is investing around Rs 700 crore in this facility. Equipped with a BSL3 (biosafety level) facility for drug substance production and a Fill-Finish…
Retail prices of pouch milk by Mother Dairy and coops could hike soon
Retail prices of packaged milk supplied by dairy cooperatives and Mother Dairy could see another round of hike soon, owing to the rise in costs of feed and other inputs. “As we have to hike procurement prices of milk from farmers, there could be one more round of increase in prices by cooperatives,” Meenesh C Shah, chairman, National Dairy…
Fingerprinting:Tracking Chemicals and Cos Behind Unsafe Milk
Indian Dairy Association organized a Seminar on “Safer Dairy Products – Challenges for Industry and Administrators” in Delhi. The seminar featured two Panel discussions, the first focusing on nutrition and the other on the safety of milk. I am grateful to the Indian Dairy Association for providing me the opportunity to moderate the session on…
NDDB pitches for boosting dairy exports as milk output is set to rise
With India set to increase its share in the global milk production over the next decade, it is time to look at expanding the share in export market, said NDDB Chairman and Managing Director Meenesh Shah on Friday. Addressing the 20th Convocation of The Indian Institute of Plantation Management, Bengaluru (IIPM-B), Shah said India currently accounts…
Natural livestock farming to reduce antibiotic use in dairy sector
In the world-wide quest for dairy modernisation, the focus on crossbreeding and productivity increase of dairy cattle has — besides enhanced milk production — also resulted in high use of agro-chemicals. The use of antibiotics for common cattle diseases, such as udder infection and diarrhoea, is widespread. This contributes to the global threat of anti-microbial resistance…
Kashee MPO to achieve turnover of Rs 200 cr by FY24
Kashee Milk Producer Organization on Monday said it is all set to achieve a turnover of Rs 200 crore by the end of financial year 2023-24, in just two years of operations, largely supported by rise of women milk farmers. This will be a six-fold increase in revenue for the organization that had recorded a…
NDDB’s arm working to conserve, promote unique breeds of cows
Alamadhi Semen Station, a unit of the NDDB Dairy Services (NDS), has taken up the task of conserving and promoting unique breeds of milch animals that are considered the pride of South India. It produces frozen semen for high pedigree bulls, including Kangeyam from Tamil Nadu, Punganur and Ongole from Andhra Pradesh and Vechur from…
Women dairy farmers organisation Shreeja earns global laurel
Women dairy farmers organisation Shreeja earns global laurels, wins award at World Dairy Summit in Chicago, US for Innovation in women empowerment in Dairy sector Indian women dairy farmers a role model for global dairy sector: NDDB Chairman New Delhi, Oct 17, Keeping the Indian Tricolour high in the arena of World Dairy Summit currently…
NDDB chairman Dr Meenesh Shah appointed on IDF Board
Dr Meenesh Shah, Chairman and Managing Director of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), was elected to the Board of International Dairy Federation (IDF) during the General Assembly of IDF on October 15, an official release stated on Tuesday. Accepting this responsibility and thanking the IDF delegates for the trust bestowed on him, Dr Shah mentioned…
Sri Lanka takes Amul’s help to achieve self-sufficiency in dairy
The well-established and successful Amul model of dairy development through co-operatives is being exported to other countries across the world and crisis-hit Sri Lanka is set to be a beneficiary of this. A joint venture agreement has been signed between India’s National Dairy Development Board, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation and Cargills of Sri Lanka…