Skilling or Subsidy, Which one will you choose for sustainable farming?

I came across a similar poster shown below at a restaurant a few years back in Europe. It simply highlighted the issues related to a single solution to all the problems. If you are pleasing everyone , it simply means that you are not doing your job well. Today central as well as state governments […]

Don’t underestimate the power of a microbe: Precision Fermentation

Last week one piece of news made me think deeply and explore the vast impact of this disruption in the future. The news was about Remilk establishing its world’s largest full-scale precision fermentation facility. This center is established in more than 750,000 square feet in Kalundborg, Denmark . At the new facility, Remilk will produce non-animal […]

Don’t underestimate the power of a microbe: Precision Fermentation

Last week one piece of news made me think deeply and explore the vast impact of this disruption in the future. The news was about Remilk establishing its world’s largest full-scale precision fermentation facility. This center is established in more than 750,000 square feet in Kalundborg, Denmark . At the new facility, Remilk will produce non-animal […]

Subsidy to dairy cooperatives must ensure nutritional efficiency also

I recently received a heart touching story from one of my dear friends about the genesis of Syndicate Bank. The bank had merged with Canara Bank in 2020. . There are three reasons why Syndicate Bank is important in the evolution of India as a wealth generator ; and for working towards the upliftment of the masses. […]

Milk subsidy to the farmers : A tool for development or a weapon to kill

The Meteorological Department has said that there is a possibility of severe heat in most parts of the country; this year between March and May. The IMD said that areas from west to central and northwest India will have a heat-surge between March and May;and the temperatures will go above normal. In other words, this […]

Who moved Fonterra’s Cheese for the second time in India since 2002?

Britannia industries Ltd proudly announced their joint venture with Global leader Fonterra from New Zealand on March 25th 2002. The main objectives of the JV were sourcing, manufacturing and distribution of milk and milk products in India. The new company had full access to Fonterra’s Research and development strengths . This access was mainly to […]

People don’t want quarter inch drill.They want quarter inch holes

People don’t want quarter inch drill.They want quarter inch holes. Theodore Levitt wrote this in an article Marketing Myopia way back in 1960 . The context of this article is to highlight the inability of the marketer to see the big picture. Most of the time the marketers are focussing too narrowly on selling their […]

I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.

Is Indian dairy exports dependent on subsidy or global market prices ? This week the global dairy prices have touched a new high in almost a decade. The GDT ( Global Dairy Trade) Index at 1516 today is slightly short of last high of 1573 in April 2013. India is seeing a great shortage of […]

Looking at the dairy industry from here- the only way is to go Up

“As I am touched by the first ray of light, I ask myself can something so wrong feel so right.”….Work of Art I saw the sunrise today and it was no less beautiful than it was yesterday. As per Pluto, Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder . We can see a day coming […]

Central and state government must work in tandem for dairy development

Calculus is a branch of mathematics that involves the study of rates of change. It has two branches. They are names as differential and integral calculus. Life is another name for change. The process of solving problems is nothing but changing the status quo. Let us look at the ways in which dairy problems are being […]