Turn your waste into clean energy-Homebiogas Israel in India
An Israeli company capable of turning food scraps and other organic waste into fuel will be installing 7,000 units of its system on dairy farms in India. HomeBiogas has created a miniaturized anaerobic digester, a tank that uses microorganisms to digest the organic waste and release a methane-rich gas, which can be used for cooking or heating…
Chocolate V/s Traditional Mithais: The more the merrier
ACCORDING TO THE International Cocoa Organisation, India’s per capita consumption of chocolate is between 100 gm and 200 gm a year, much lower than Japan, which consumes around 2 kg of chocolate per person per year, and even Europe, where the consumption lies between 5 kg and 10 kg a year. Yet, chocolates seem to…
Sena (UBT) to stop Gokul dairy’s milk tankers today
Leaders and workers from the district have decided to stop milk tankers moving in and out of the processing facility at Kolhapur’s largest milk cooperative Gokul dairy, on Saturday morning. Ten days back, the Sena(UBT) delegation met Gokul dairy management and demanded an increase in the prices of cow milk to Rs36 per litre. The dairy reduced the…
With KMF pressurising, milk prices likely to be hiked soon
The milk federations in the state have proposed price rise of Nandini milk. It is learnt that the prices of milk and curd will increase from New Year. Minister for animal husbandry Venkatesh said, “The milk federations have placed a proposal in front of state government saying that they are incurring loss and the milk…
China to import milk, dairy products from Pakistan
The Chinese government’s decision to allow the import of milk and dairy products from Pakistan marks a significant milestone in bilateral trade relations between the two countries and has potential to create a new avenue for economic cooperation, Ghulam Qadir Commercial Counsellor at Pakistan Embassy said. As China continues to diversify its import sources, the…
3.73 lakh women milk farmers benefitted in AP with increased price
Minister for animal husbandry and fisheries Seediri Appalaraju has said all dairy farmers are leaning towards Amul as it is in partnership with the AP government under the Jagananna Paala Velluva Programme. It is providing the highest prices for milk to the milk farmers, he said, and refuted the allegations of opposition leaders that milk…
Parag Milk Foods revenue grows 20% in Q2 FY24
Parag Milk Foods Limited (PMFL), a leading manufacturer and marketer of dairy-based branded products i announced its unaudited financial result for the quarter and half year that ended September 30, 2023, reporting the total revenue for the quarter at ₹7,981.6 million registering a growth of 20.1 per cent y-o-y. Despite the high festive base of last…
Does Adding Milk to Tea Make it ‘Poisonous’? What We Know
Mixing tea with milk is not harmful and not poisonous as claimed. A video is going viral on social media which shows a person claiming that drinking milk tea is ‘poisonous’ for our health. He adds that when flavonoids present in tea and casein present in milk gets mixed, they ‘form a chemical’ which is very harmful to the body….
Foremost Farms Selects Ginkgo for Upcycling Dairy Co-products
Foremost aims to commercialize a technology that can convert dairy manufacturing co-products into environmentally friendly, value-added materials The partners aim to reduce the dairy industry’s carbon footprint while simultaneously lowering manufacturing costs and creating a significant new revenue stream for the hundreds of Midwest dairy farmer members comprising the Foremost Farms cooperative Foremost Farms will…
Is it the time To Renegotiate the WTO’s Mandate on Agriculture ?
The Agreement on Agriculture (AoA), first negotiated and implemented through the formation of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 1995, has long been a bone of contention for farmers as well as governments. Farmers from developing countries like India have argued for a renegotiation of the mandate since they were put at a disadvantage with the integration…