Building Nutrition Security with Dairy : Roles Risks and Regulations
Stellapps technology and Think Ag organised a webinar last week on Nutrition security with Dairy . The webinar was to kick start of purposeful discussions on showcasing legitimacy of Milk as a lifeline of human nutrition. It has become a fashion to curse dairy and milk in one way or the other. It looks like […]
RBI uses milk supply data for dairy farmer loans
For many farmers or dairy farmers, getting a bank loan is impossible for want of any credit history. But here is a solution: A new platform by the Reserve Bank Innovation Hub that enables a borrower to tap into the data on milk sold by the dairy farmer to Amul or the land records available […]
Arguing against free markets is actually disbelieving freedom itself
I have been hearing the seminal quote by Mahatma Gandhi in Indian context that “Mass Production is production by masses” since I started my career in the dairy industry. It’s almost four decades and even today I find most of the policies are oriented towards protecting the farmers. I am unable to decipher at times […]
Dairy sector : Show me the money
It is an interesting time for the dairy industry globally. India is the world’s largest producer of milk in the world. Milk acts as an insurance policy for the farmer’s cash flow in India . It not only contributes almost one third of total value added by agriculture but 5% to Indian GDP also. It […]
I serve ESG in the dairy sector . Choose any two .
“I serve Environment, Sustainability and Governance in the dairy sector . Choose any two” . I remember visiting a Highway motel in the UK in 2006 while conducting a survey on milk products. The menu placard on my table read “We serve Quality, Service and Price “. Choose any two. It was like a puzzle […]
World Milk day :Can West Bengal become Gujarat of East India ?
The Indian Dairy Association Eastern region celebrated World Milk Day on June 1st in a big way. The celebrations opened dialogue on “Nutrition building through Dairying” as a theme. State animal husbandry minister along with the Who’s who of dairy sector from the state attended this function. It was a real discovery for me while […]
Fasten your seat belts get ready for a rough weather ahead
Dear friends, We have been reading a lot about the dairy industry for the last few weeks. Some great insights have been shared by renowned economists, scientists, politicians and senior journalists. Let me list the five different areas in which the dairy was discussed and deliberated in the media. a. Reasons for higher milk prices […]
Who is controlling the raw milk price in India ?
The current dairy market situation in India is passing through an interesting phase. We asked 23 questions at the beginning of this year to forecast the dairy sector . One of the questions was to check if we would be requiring winter clothes on Holi in north India. We saw a drop in temperature during […]
Can India really become milk pail of the world ?
49 th Dairy industry conference organised by Indian Dairy Association concluded on 18th March at Ahmedabad on a very high note. The event was inaugurated by Minister of Dairying Sh Parshottam Rupala ji on 16th of March. The valedictory session was graced by Sh Amit Shah ji Minister of Cooperation and Sh Bhupinder Patel ji […]
Market led poverty alleviation-Mart’s Mantra for rural development
Mart , an organisation founded by Mr Pradeep Kashyap (also known as father of rural India), celebrated its 30th anniversary yesterday. Mr Kashyap emphasised on developing a market led eco system for the rural folks. He said that rural marketing should not act as a one way street to extract money out of the rural […]