Veganism Isn’t the Answer to India’s Dairy Industry Politics
Yamini Narayanan’s Mother Cow, Mother India, published in 2023 by the Stanford University Press, and recently published in India by Navayana Publications, interrogates the politics of milk and dairying in India, the critical space it occupies as a sacred commodity in the religious imagination of Hinduism, and how the latter’s framing of cow as mother is…
In Arunachal, a parlour for yak milk -Ship of the Himalayas’.
A high-altitude village in Arunachal Pradesh, known for a 1962 war memorial, has added a first-of-its-kind parlour for milk from a bovine animal that’s often called ‘the ship of the Himalayas’. Travellers to and from Tawang invariably stop at the Nyukmadung War Memorial to pay homage to Indian soldiers who died fighting Chinese aggressors nearby…
G20 summit – What’s in it for farmers and dairying in India ?
The G20 summit held successfully on September 9-10th in New Delhi was a momentous occasion for our nation, as we had the privilege of hosting global leaders on our home soil. A government press release disclosed the total expenditure for this summit, amounting to a substantial Rs 4100 Crores. In comparison, Indonesia’s expenditure for the…
Rs 31.25 Lakhs subsidy for setting up a 25 Desi cows dairy farm
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PCOS Awareness Month: Is dairy bad for PCOS?
Dairy is a staple part of many people’s diets. But can these foods we love so much be making our PCOS worse? If you do an internet search for dairy, you will be sure to find conflicting viewpoints. Many women want to understand if avoiding dairy is required for hormonal balance and reversing PCOS. So, to…
Revealed: How Big Dairy Is Milking Net Zero
When Pathways to Dairy Net Zero (P2DNZ) made its debut ahead of the United Nations Food Systems Summit in 2021, it looked like the kind of group that could meet an important but largely neglected area of global climate response. Armed with a seat at the highest levels of food policy, and well-connected – to…
PATHWAYS TO DAIRY NET ZERO-DECLARATION
Across every dairy community. Throughout every continent. The global dairy sector is taking action. Pathways to Dairy Net Zero, the first climate initiative of its kind in the world, will accelerate dairy’s climate action by reducing the sector’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions over the next 30 years. It is driven by the global dairy sector…
Future of Animal Husbandry in India, Trends, And Growth
India’s 20th Livestock Census reveals a substantial population of livestock, including 303.76 million bovines, 74.26 million sheep, 148.88 million goats, 9.06 million pigs, and nearly 851.81 million poultry. India has made significant strides in its animal husbandry and dairy sectors, becoming the world’s largest milk producer and the third-largest egg producer. This industry has experienced consistent growth,…
Butter Climbs to a Record High, Possibly Due to an Overcorrection
The following is from Lee Mielke, author of a dairy market column known as “Mielke Market Weekly.” Butter set a new record high to start October and cheese was mixed. The CME Cheddar blocks fell to $1.68 per pound last Wednesday, lowest since July 19, but closed last Friday at $1.7025, 1.75 cents lower on…
Aavin hikes ghee, butter prices
Aavin, on Thursday, September 14, 2023, effected an increase in prices of ghee and butter, which are popular products from its stable. While ghee comes in 14 different packs and butter in two variants of cooking and two in the salted table kind, the maximum retail prices of all these items have been hiked. A…