Nestlé India is looking to expand its footprint in the rural markets
Amid subdued growth in the urban markets, Nestlé India is looking to aggressively expand its footprint in the rural markets, with a target to reach 1,20,000 villages in the next 2-3 years, bolstered by targeted products as well as campaigns, Suresh Narayanan, Chairman and Managing Director, Nestlé India said. Speaking to select mediapersons, Mr. Narayanan…
Buffalo milk and meat could both help double dairy farmers income
India is the world’s second-largest producer of farm products and blessed with 140 million hectares of sown farmland, nearly 1,200 mm of average annual rainfall and as many as 15 agro-climatic zones. However, despite this treasure of resources, India’s agricultural exports are hardly $ 40 billion a year. With the world expected to add another…
Global dairy prices moderate after a huge spike of 15% in last fortnight
Global dairy prices moderated at auction on Tuesday night, after a huge lift at the start of March. The Global Dairy Trade price index was down 3.8 per cent, wiping out only a small portion of the 15pc rise at the March 2 auction. The auction results point to increasing volatility in world prices –…
Global dairy prices moderate after a huge spike of 15% in last fortnight
Global dairy prices moderated at auction on Tuesday night, after a huge lift at the start of March. The Global Dairy Trade price index was down 3.8 per cent, wiping out only a small portion of the 15pc rise at the March 2 auction. The auction results point to increasing volatility in world prices –…
Mayor of Patiala will take stern action against suppliers of spurious milk
The Municipal Corporation (MC) will take action against those preparing spurious milk in the city. Officials of the MC today held a meeting with dairy farmers, being shifted to a new project, wherein the Mayor gave assurance to fulfil their demands and address all issues. During meeting officials said over 85 units out of 134…
Animal husbandry department is looking at creating Cow factories in India
The Animal Husbandry department is looking at creating ‘cow factories’ in which embryos and semen from superior breed cattle, fertilised in labs, will then be implanted into low-productive cows owned by farmers. Atul Chaturvedi, Secretary (Animal Husbandry), told ThePrint that since 2017 — when the first calf was born in India through in-vitro fertilisation (IVF)…
Sri Kumar Misra from Milk Mantra wishes to transform the food value chain
In 2009, Srikumar Misra quit his lucrative job in London to return home and start an ethical sourcing model with Milk Mantra. “Growing up, I often interacted with farmers and their children at my grandparent’s farm. These children would grow up and work to support their families and would never get a chance to come…
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…
Chittoor has supplied 7 crore litres of milk to Delhi through Doodh Duronto
Chittoor being one of the leading milk producing district, has transported 7 crore litres of milk from Renigunta junction to New Delhi in the current financial year. Through the dedicated Doodh Duronto specials which the South Central Railway has been operating on a daily basis since July 15, the milk is being transported to meet…
What do we call a non scientific study ? Non science or nonsense ?
My weekend left me with lots of surprises. And forced me to recall a movie which I saw a few years back. The name of the movie was Race 3 with Salman Khan as a hero. The hero of the movie in the first scene narrates the story of his family and introduces all the…