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Don’t allow it to be cowed down

MR TARUN SHRIDHAR, IAS & MR SHARAD GUPTA

(Left) Former Secretary to GOI, Dept of Animal Husbandry & Dairying Fisheries Ministry of Agriculture, New Delhi, & (Right) Editor, Dairy India (Edition Seven)

Indian Dairy Industry

Almost half of India’s milk, with higher solids, comes from buffaloes. Yet, this low-maintenance and efficient feed-converting animal finds little place in our dairy and livestock policy.

How Dreams Turn Reality

MR TARUN SHRIDHAR, IAS & MR SHARAD GUPTA

(Left) Former Secretary to GOI, Dept of Animal Husbandry & Dairying Fisheries Ministry of Agriculture, New Delhi , & (Right) Editor, Dairy India (Edition Seven)

Indian Dairy Industry

It was this energy that was unleashed when Dr Verghese Kurien along with Shri Tribhuvandas Patel, embarked upon the journey of organising scores of small farmers who had been marginalised in the social and economic realm. The inspiring leadership of Patel and professional commitment of Dr Kurien was first manifested when the small Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers Union, often known as Amul Dairy which had begun its journey with just two village dairy cooperative societies and 247 litres of milk in 1946 was entrusted to Dr Kurien in 1950. Miraculously, this small unknown entity started growing from strength to strength; a growth which has been consistently on the rise over the past seven decades. This 247-litre milk dairy is now a globally respected brand, owned not by any corporate bigwigs or a conglomerate of landlords but by millions of farmers who individually would be too small to matter even in their own societies but their collective cooperative strength invites grudging respect from the biggest of global dairy giants.

The way forward in milk fortification

MR TARUN SHRIDHAR, IAS & MR SHARAD GUPTA

(Left) Former Secretary to GOI, Dept of Animal Husbandry & Dairying Fisheries Ministry of Agriculture, New Delhi & , (Right) Editor, Dairy India (Edition Seven)

Indian Dairy Industry

FSSAI and NDDB should not dismiss valid concerns over addition of micronutrients in food even if the idea is well-intentioned

Exploring the next Milky Way to growth

MR TARUN SHRIDHAR, IAS & MR SHARAD GUPTA

(Left) Former Secretary to GOI, Dept of Animal Husbandry & Dairying Fisheries Ministry of Agriculture, New Delhi &, (Right) Editor, Dairy India (Edition Seven)

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Indian dairies should go in for industrial-scale production of traditional milk products for selling in both domestic and export markets

What we Need is not Food Security but Nutritional Security

Dr JEREMY HILL

Former President, International Dairy Federation

Indian Dairy Industry

We will need to harness all dairy chains and all milk pools if we are to have any chance of meeting the growing demands for dairy and closing the nutritional security gap for all. We will need to drive improvements in the productivity and sustainability of all production systems. We need to understand all consequences of current and future nutritional policies, standards and regulations as we try to combat both the diseases of affluence such as obesity and diabetes and of poverty such as stunting.

R&D Roadmap to Strengthen the Indian Dairy Sector

Dr A.K. SRIVASTAVA

Former Chairman, Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board, New Delhi, Former Director, National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal

Indian Dairy Industry

There is a growing demand for safe, nutritious, health promoting milk products calling for value addition, product diversification and complete quality assurance. This warrants formulation of policies and programmes to control cost of milk production to evolve financially viable, environment friendly and user beneficial processing technologies as well as to facilitate flow of milk to the organised sector and strengthen the legitimate interests of various stakeholders at the national and international level.

An Institutional Choice – Producer Companies

DEEPAK TIKKU

Former Chairman, NDDB Dairy Services, New Delhi

Indian Dairy Industry

True development involves the creation of Institutional Structures to enable producers become a part of the economic mainstream. New economic challenges and opportunities necessitate new institutional forms. These institutions should be producer-owned and managed by competent professionals so that they possess a degree of efficiency and skill that equals or exceeds other forms of enterprise.

Developing Indian Cattle: A Prospective Approach

RAJNI SEKHRI SIBAL

Former Joint Secretary (Cattle & Dairy Development), Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, New Delhi

Indian Dairy Industry

Crossbreds are more productive but their tendency to wilt under Indian conditions of low input and harsh climate and susceptibility to tropical diseases warrants the conservation and development of indigenous breeds. To this end the Indian government has introduced the Rs 5,000-million Rashtriya Gokul Mission which aims at conserving and developing indigenous cattle breeds in a focused and scientific manner. This programme will cover genetic improvement of 13 buffalo breeds as well.

Demystifying Myths of Indian Dairying

R.G. CHANDRAMOGAN

Chairman & Managing Director, Hatsun Agro Product Ltd, Chennai

Indian Dairy Industry

There are several myths prevalent in India about the dairy sector. Some of these claim that there are huge production shortages; that FDI is the panacea; that western dairy products give higher returns and that the cooperative sector handles more milk than dairies in the private sector. One by one this article exposes these myths and calls for inclusion of private sector also in India’s ‘dairy vision’.

Time to Seize Golden Moment

B.M. VYAS

Former Managing Director, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (Amul), Anand

Indian Dairy Industry

The need for investment in dairy industry, especially to boost animal productivity and milk processing capacities is urgent and essential. Today there is a huge population that is used to drinking millions of tonnes of milk at the threshold of development and on the supply side a huge number of proven breeds of milch animals along with millions of skilled rural folk to employ. Such timing is rare. This is the onset of golden period of Indian dairy industry. Let us seize this opportunity of the real white revolution with all enlightenment and excellence to make this country the land of milk and honey again.