Plant-based market in India to be worth Rs 81,000 crore
India is witnessing a surge in demand for plant-based products like plant-based meat, plant-based dairy, plant-based nutraceuticals. Plant-based food products are finished food products composed from...Read More
TN: Dairy Farmers in Dire Straits as Fodder Prices Zoom, Inflation Bites
The Tamil Nadu Milk Producers Association is demanding an increase in milk procurement prices as fodder prices are spiralling. In November 2022, Aavin, the government milk cooperative, announced an i...Read More
No broad-based decline in food inflation yet
While food inflation fell to 4.19% in December, the lowest since January 2022, thanks to a sharp fall in prices of vegetables, edible oils, meat products and pulses, the prices of several commodities...Read More
Doctor didis’ creating social capital in rural Jharkhand
In Agra village, about 45 km from Ranchi, Janu Devi, 27, dressed in her blue sari uniform, is excited about the ice box she has just received. She’s one of five pashu sakhis (friend of the animals) in...Read More
Mangaluru: Special support price of dairy farmers withdrawn
The state and also the country at large are facing a severe shortage in milk production. The Dakshina Kannada Milk Producers’ Federation is also in dire straits. In order to balance the loss, it has w...Read More
New SahiBnk branch unveiled in Assam for agri and dairy farmers
Manipal Business Solutions (MBS), a fintech company, unveils SahiBnk branches in Assam, under an initiative led by APART (Assam Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project). With these stores, MBS...Read More
Doctor didis’ creating social capital in rural Jharkhand
Often at family gatherings, the elders reminisce about their vacations in the villages — playing under the water pump, gulping down glasses of pure milk and relishing dishes made out of fresh produce...Read More
A data repository for fodder is the need of the hour
Data relevancy, adequacy and reliability determine the quality of research. Finding datasets to test and train research models is probably the first step to take before building a model. Moreover, so...Read More
After elections, is a dairy scam accused back in BJP good books?
Almost a month after former Gujarat minister Vipul Chaudhary got out on bail, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel shared the stage with him at a massive event of the Anjana-Chaudhary community Sunday. Whi...Read More
R S Sodhi wants to take up advisory roles in dairy industry
RS Sodhi was heading India’s leading dairy cooperative GCMMF, which markets its products under Amul brand Sales of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), known for the Amul brand, grew...Read More
Importance of Fodder in dairy value chain
India has set an ambitious goal of increasing the domestic dairy market from Rs 13 lakh crore to Rs 30 lakh crore by 2027 and also tapping export markets in neighbouring countries of Bhutan, Nepal, Ba...Read More
10 cattle dead, farmers fear spread of lumpy virus
The cattle caretakers and dairy farmers of the western Prakasam district are fearing the spread of the dreadful Lumpy skin disease, as more than 10 cows and oxen died in the region with symptoms simil...Read More