Does India have room for a dairy behemoth ?
On an October morning in 1964, Lal Bahadur Shastri, then Prime Minister of India, was engrossed in a conversation. He was looking to clear his doubts after spending the night at a farmer’s house in Anand, Gujarat. Shastri, after he was informed about the stellar performance of a local dairy cooperative, was keen to understand […]
How dairy co-operatives made India the cream of the world
The story of 75 years of India’s independence can’t be complete without a chapter on its dairy cooperatives. After seven-and-a-half decades, as we stand today, we see India as a rising global force to reckon with, and the cooperative dairy sector has much to claim credit for. The story of 75 years of India’s independence […]
Amul’s AI success: Bovines impregnated in 1st attempt
The joy of motherhood is universal irrespective of type or breed. But sometimes it even leads to many disappointments as well. But for the Amul dairy, it was good news all the way when its trials to turn bovines pregnant in first attempt of an artificial insemination (AI) cycle achieved grand success. This has been done through […]
Here’s how Iron Man Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel led India to milk revolution
India, the biggest milk producer country in the world, had made a small start towards the milk revolution 75 years ago when Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union Limited (KDCMPUL) collected 250 litres of milk from two villages in modern-day Anand. Eventually, the KDCMPUL, which was lacking in scale, has become not just a business, […]