India managed to get FTA with Australia by excluding sensitive Dairy sector
The Australian Parliament has approved the India-Australia interim free trade agreement, expected to increase bilateral trade to an estimated $45-50 billion in five years from the existing $31 billion, pavingthe way for its implementation. The pact, set to benefit labour-intensive Indian industries such as garments, leather, footwear, gems & jewellery, furniture and health, through elimination…
Less burping, more meat and milk: How to tackle the climate crisis
Africa’s livestock farmers are at the forefront of climate change. Images of parched landscapes littered with the carcasses of starved cattle are becoming all too familiar as droughts increase in frequency and severity. But cattle farming globally is also one of the causes of climate change. The world’s three billion or more ruminants – cattle,…
DGV launches dairy marketplace ‘DGV Connect’ for cattle discovery
Digivriddhi Technologies (DGV), an integrated dairy fintech and marketplace platform in India has recently launched a Bovine discovery platform – DGV Connect. A one-stop shop for dairy farmers, DGV Connect creates a connection between buyers and sellers and offers embedded finance options for facilitating digital cattle loans and insurance. India’s livestock population has expanded from 512.06 million in 2012…
Increased amount will be passed on to 1 Mill dairy farmers KMF
The Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF), which increased the price of Nandini milk and curd by ₹2 from Thurs- day, said it would pass on the hiked amount to its nearly one million member-farmers who bring milk to the village-level societies daily across the State. The decision to increase the price was taken at a meeting…
Milma milk will turn costlier by ₹ 6 per litre from December 1.
The Cabinet on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for the hike based on a recommendation made by the Kerala Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (Milma) last week. Milma chairman K.S. Mani said the hike became unavoidable due to the increase in the cost of cattle-feed production. Besides, milk prices were last hiked three years ago in 2019….
Denmark to set up centre of excellence in dairy production in Maharashtra
Denmark will set up a centre of excellence in dairy production in Maharashtra, announced Danish Ambassador to India, Freddy Svane, Tuesday, on his visit to meet Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai. He said he had discussed the matter with Animal Husbandry and Dairy minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil. Soren Kannik-Marquardsen, minister counsellor,…
Milk inflation at a 7.5-year high, prices are lower in the south
Earlier this week, Mother Dairy hiked the price of full cream milk by ₹1. This means a litre of milk will now cost ₹64. This was the fourth hike in price this year by the leading milk supplier in New Delhi. A month ago, the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, which sells milk under the…
FSSAI proposes standards for mithais and namkeens
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is proposing to bring in standards and labelling norms for traditional Indian sweets ( mithais) and namkeens sector. Sources said that the food safety authority has had several rounds of deliberations with the industry on the same. It is in the process of seeking stakeholder views on the draft…
Wilk Presents world’s First Cell-based Yogurt in Israel
Wilk (TASE: WILK), a developer of authentic, cell-cultured human and animal milk and milk components, has announced the successful development of the world’s first yogurt developed with cell-cultured milk fat. The hybrid product has been validated by external laboratories confirming it meets the necessary chemical and biological requirements and presented to select members of the Israeli…
Researchers monitor milk freshness with petals, paper and an app
The spoilage of milk, set off by changes in its pH, contributes to wastage of billions of litres the world over, while a cost-effective spoilage tracker for household settings remains elusive. The use-by date on the milk sachets, a standard indicator, is not always effective in real-time assessment of the milk’s freshness. Two researchers at…