New milky way
Private players are entering the Indian dairy market in a big way. Dairy cooperatives, which ushered in the White Revolution, need to expand and …
‘There is not enough milk’
Amrita Patel was part of the White Revolution that made India self-sufficient in milk. She joined Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers’…
Centre asks NDDB to estimate India's milk demand
The country does not know how much milk is needed despite its growth having exceeded targets
‘Ethnoveterinary medicine will be a game changer for dairy in India’
Down To Earth speaks to Meenesh Shah, chairman, NDDB on EVM use in the Indian dairy sector
‘Ethnoveterinary medicine is a simple, cost-effective, farmer-friendly tool’
Down To Earth speaks to Anil Kr Bayati, managing director of Sabar Dairy in Sabarkantha, Gujarat about the use of EVM at the dairy
India's cow crisis: The full coverage
All that you need to know about what's wrong with India's cow laws and the problems they are leading to in a five-part series
Why Union Budget 2022-23 will help India’s dairy and livestock farmers
Reduced alternate minimum tax and surcharge reduction for cooperative societies, increased allocation several schemes as well as livestock health …
World AMR Awareness Week: How ethnoveterinary medicines combat antimicrobial resistance
The biggest USP of ethnoveterinary medicines is that they can be prepared at home; simple ingredients of EVMs can work against several …
Changes in livestock breeding needed to boost A2 milk: study
The frequency of A2 casein is high in indigenous breeds of India as compared to that of exotic, indicating an opportunity for Indian dairy …
Cutting antimicrobial use, promoting good farming practices can enhance farm productivity
A six-year study conducted by UK researchers showed that these steps can help increase milk yield and fertility parameters and drop clinical …
Carving oases in drought-prone Kutch
The Shree Vivekananda Research and Training Institute has made a name for itself, helping villagers in Kutch district. Among its innumerable …
A silent white revolution
Women living in a non-descript village in Gujarat revive a defunct dairy, earlier run by men. Today, not only do they churn out 100 per cent …
Natural-born killers
A naturally occuring bacterium in milk can save the losses incurred by mal1scale dairy farmers who do not own refrigeration facilities
Lactalis to milk more in India. Why that may worry some
French dairy giant has been in the news for allegedly cheating farmers back home, for its secretive business model and for the quality of its products
Importing cattle growth hormone hits snags
A growth hormone that the National Dairy Development Board seeks to import because it can increase milk yield by as much as 30 per cent, has run …
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 …
How India is killing the country’s largest economy of the poor
New restriction on cattle slaughter will severely cripple the livestock economy which is bigger than crop economy; poor farmers shifted to …
World Milk Day: Salinity hits milk production in Odisha’s seaside villages
Milkmen earlier sold milk products, including cheese, curd. They are now unable to arrange fodder for their cows
Our daily dose of antibiotics
As dairy farmers inject antibiotics in their livestock, chances are high that these are passed on to humans through milk, finds Delhi-based non-…
EU threat to farmers
Free trade pact with EU will have a severe impact on Indian agriculture, specially the dairy sector
A revolution in white
A church-inspired people's dairy project in Kerala turns out to be a trailblazer
Mr. Milkman is here
A new breed of dairy farmers is milking the growing demand for healthy, safe food
GATT goes sour
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Cooperative in spirit
Verghese Kurien, the man who made cooperatives an empowering business model
