Govt discusses ways to improve livelihood of dairy farmers
Union Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister Giriraj Singh on Friday discussed ways to improve livelihood of dairy farmers through different innovative business models with the NDDB and dairy cooperatives. Besides National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), representatives of Gujarat Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) and Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers” Union were present in the meeting […]
Is India’s position in the global dairy sector under threat?
Due to protests across the country by farmers and trade unions, India has not signed the RCEP – and the dairy industry has had much to do with the government opting out. In May 2020, India pulled out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) with Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar, Brunei, […]
Dairy is the farm sector’s growth engine: Dilip Rath
Central schemes have contributed in improving the productivity of milch animals. However, the sustainability of our dairy sector largely depends on bringing about efficiencies across the dairy value chain. The dairy sector has been a growth propeller for the agricultural and allied sectors, and has significantly contributed towards creation of rural wealth. Its contribution to […]
Dairy is the farm sector’s growth engine: Dilip Rath
Central schemes have contributed in improving the productivity of milch animals. However, the sustainability of our dairy sector largely depends on bringing about efficiencies across the dairy value chain. The dairy sector has been a growth propeller for the agricultural and allied sectors, and has significantly contributed towards creation of rural wealth. Its contribution to […]
NDDB Dairy Services develops indigenous sex-sorted semen technology
The field trials of the technology were encouraging and the first female calf from the sex-sorted semen dose, produced at Alamadhi Semen Station (Tamil Nadu), was born in a farm near Chennai in October 2020, it said in a statement. Currently, sex-sorted semen technologies are proprietary to a few multi-national companies, which makes the technology […]
Amul will begin Milk procurement in Andhra Pradesh from Nov 20
This is the first channel dedicated to dairy-related news from India and abroad. It will cover top seven dairy news from last seven days. The news will be aired on every Sunday. The channel will have expert interviews, market and technical analysis and a lot more sections very soon. This video contains the following News […]
Mr Dilip Rath Unanimously elected to the Board of IDF
Shri Dilip Rath, Chairman, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) has been unanimously elected to the Board of International Dairy Federation (IDF) on 2ndNovember 2020 during the General Assembly of IDF.Shri Rath said, “I see my election to the IDF Board as an opportunity to bring along valuable insights from the Indian dairy experience and foster complementarities […]
NDDB supporting dairy development in east and north eastern states
The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) is expanding its footprint in Eastern and North-Eastern States in the country. By taking dairy development activities in some of the most backward areas of these regions together with local partners, it said in a statement on Thursday. Recently, the Jharkhand government signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between […]
Farmer-owned cooperatives shielded dairy farmers
Like many other sectors in India, the dairy sector faced the heat of Covid-19. But farmer-owned cooperatives shielded dairy farmers from the brunt of a drop in demand from bulk consumers by absorbing the shock at a time when small and big private players, including milk processors, left the field waiting for the market to […]
NDDB to support Ladakh UT administration in dairy development
The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) and Ladakh administration signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Tuesday for conducting a benchmark survey to promote dairying and rural livelihood in the region.NDDB’s dairy potential survey will help prepare a road map to boost dairying in the union territory (UT) and will help in enhancing income of rural […]
