At FAO forum, NDDB showcases India’s digital adoption in dairying
India transformed its dairy sector from milk deficiency to becoming the world’s largest producer with the help of technological innovations and bringing people together under a governance structure, Meenesh Shah, Chairman of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), said at the Science & Innovation Forum 2022 organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the […]
Lakhs of Farmers Collectively Revolutionizing Organized Dairy Sector: NDDB Chairman
Speaking on day 4 of IDF World Dairy Summit 2022, the Chairman of the National Dairy Development Board Meenesh Shah announced that about 75,000 farmers have created about 20 producer-owned entities (MPCs). The Chairman of the National Dairy Development Board Meenesh Shah today said that the milk procurement by milk-producing organizations, owned by farmers, is set to […]
India’s milk output to jump 3-fold to 628 million MT in 25 years:R S Sodhi
India’s milk production is expected to jump three-fold to 628 million tonnes in the next 25 years with an average annual growth of 4.5 per cent, Amul Managing Director R S Sodhi said on Monday. Size of Indian dairy market to jump over 2-fold to Rs 30 lakh cr by 2027 said Meenesh Shah Chairman NDDB.Shah said […]
Meenesh Shah to hold charge as NDDB chief for 6 more months
The Centre has extended the tenure of Meenesh C Shah, an Executive Director of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), to hold charge as Chairman of the premier organisation for another six months until November 30. The post of a full-time Chairman of NDDB has been vacant since December 2020. “It is very unfortunate that the […]
NDDB to manage Ladakh Milk Federation operations
The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) will manage the operations of the local dairy federation Ladakh Milk Federation for five years in order to implement a structured dairy development programme in Ladakh region. NDDB has inked a tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Union Territory of Ladakh and Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) under […]
NDRI Karnal: Taking research to farmers’ doorstep
Chairman of Anand-headquartered National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) Meenesh Shah on Saturday announced that the NDDB and the ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) would work together to take the research work to the farmers’ doorstep, so that they could get the benefits of the research work done by the NDRI scientists. He was chairing a […]
World Bank to discuss NDP-II project next week
The second phase of the National Dairy Plan (NDP-II), which will focus on supporting smaller milk unions to strengthen their marketing efforts and tackling adulteration in milk, is likely to be finalised soon. NDDB Chairman Meenesh Shah said the World Bank mission would be in Anand during the second week of July to discuss the […]
IDF World Dairy Summit’s Poster Competition Begins
International Dairy Federation’s World Dairy Summit 2022, the most coveted event of the dairy sector, will be organized in India’s New Delhi-NCR from September 12-15 this year in which dairy industry stakeholders from over 40 countries would participate and work towards ways to further develop dairy industry. As part of the International Dairy Federation World […]
Stories of women empowerment through dairy: ’World Dairy Summit 2022
India to host IDF’s annual event first time since 1974 The annual flagship summit of the International Dairy Federation (IDF) – World Dairy Summit 2022 will be held in India first time since 1974 under the theme of “livelihood and nutrition”. The first physical event post Covid by the IDF, will be organised in New […]
Shri Tribhuvandas Patel – the Father of Milk Cooperatives in India
A webinar held on 29th January 2022 at VKCoE, IRMA, Anand Verghese Kurien Centre of Excellence (VKCoE), IRMA and Gujarat Chapter of Indian Dairy Association organized a webinar on ‘Shri Tribhuvandas Patel – the Father of Milk Cooperatives in India’ on 29 January, 2022. The chief guest of the webinar was Shri Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister of […]