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DTE Reportage: India’s dairy industry in trouble

DTE reports as to how climate change, government policies, COVID-19 and other factors brought the dairy sector to its knees

17 million missing: A DTE analysis sheds light on why India was dealing with milk inflation

India has missed as many as 16.84 million artificial inseminations of cattle and buffaloes during the two years of COVID-19 pandemic. This is likely to have a long-lasting impact on the country’s milk production
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17 million missing: How India’s dairy sector came to a halt during the lockdown

Farmers were not able to arrange artificial insemination services for around 34 per cent of breedable female bovines during the lockdown
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17 million missing: Why was there a fat problem in India’s dairy industry?

Indian dairy farmers now prefer exotic or crossbred cows to indigenous cattle, buffaloes; a crossbred cow has a high milk yield compared to a buffalo or native cattle
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17 million missing: Climate change, government policies could deal lethal blow to Indian dairy sector

In India, dairy is a source of sustenance for millions of small-scale and marginal farmers and consumers. Any decision on it should be scientific
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