The key objective of this paper is to demonstrate what smallholders can do in the dairy sector given the right ecosystem. India’s story of the “white revolution” is a story that can inspire millions in smallholder economies. It has important lessons in terms of government policies that supported and encouraged …
The National Survey on Milk Adulteration 2011 (snap shot survey) was conducted by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India to ascertain the quality of milk and identify different type of adulteration in the liquid milk throughout the country. The survey was carried out by the Regional Offices of …
China’s largest dairy company, the China Mengniu Dairy Company, says it has destroyed a batch of milk contaminated with a substance that can cause liver cancer. The contaminated milk was discovered by a government agency that ran spot tests on the milk on Saturday. Mengniu, which is based in Sichuan …
China Mengniu Dairy Co Ltd, the nation's biggest dairy firm, said it had destroyed milk found to be contaminated with a cancer-causing substance, the latest food safety problem to hit the country's dairy industry. Mengniu said in a statement posted on its website over the weekend that it had destroyed …
Anand (Gujarat) India continues to be the largest milk producing nation, according to the report of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) for 2010-11. The country’s estimated milk production for the period stood at 121 million tonne (mt), close to 17% of the world’s total produce. During the year, dairy …
More than onethird of the milk supplied in the city by vendors is unfit for human consumption as it contains caustic soda, a chemical compound used in detergent powders and cakes. Primary findings gathered through results of a random survey conducted by Parag, which started on November 15, revealed that …
A group of 25 veterinary doctors and animal husbandry officers from Sri Lanka have begun a tour of Kerala to study the State's initiatives in dairy farming. The delegation, led by Hiteki Saito, Chief Adviser, Feeding and Dairy Management, Department of Animal Production and Health, is scheduled to visit the …
The NSS consumer expenditure survey aims at generating estimates of average household monthly per capita consumer expenditure (MPCE), its distribution over households and persons, and its break-up by commodity group, separately for the rural and urban sectors of the country, for States and Union Territories, and for different socioeconomic groups. …
New Delhi India’s milk production is expected to rise by 4% to 121.7 million tonne in 2011 on the back of rising domestic consumption, United Nation’s body Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said in a report. The country produced about 116 million tonne of milk in 2010, FAO data said. …
During a surprise check by the environmental engineer of Punjab Pollution Control Board, nodal office, Mohali, M/s Shivalik Food (India) Limited, Focal Point, Chanalon, was found discharging its untreated industrial effluent directly into a sewer. The samples have been collected and were sent to a laboratory for analysis. The industry …
On a mission to take stringent action against those involved in milk adulteration, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent letters to 350 milk packaging units in the state warning them of surprise raids. “We wanted to caution the milk manufacturing units that we will not tolerate adulteration. The …
Milk retailers might be slapped a hefty fine for spiking prices by 27% over the past 21 months, if India’s competition watchdog finds them guilty of cartelisation. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) is considering a suo motu inquiry, or inquiry on its own, to ascertain whether retailers have colluded …
The state government has decided not to give approval to any new mega-irrigation projects. Reason: The chief minister has instructed the government to make a huge investment of Rs 80,000 crore to complete all the irrigation projects undertaken in the last several years. As the annual budget allocation for the …
Retail prices of milk in Maharashtra have been hiked thrice in less than a year. The reason: Repeated increase in procurement prices — the price at which a farmer sells milk to dairies — by the government. The state government argues that the procurement prices have to be raised in …
New Delhi: If you love an utterly butterly toast in the morning, chances are, you would have been missing the market leader in butter lately. For the past two months, Amul products like butter and cheese have been in short supply because the cooperative has decided to prioritize the supply …
An ambitious plan to set up a one lakh litre milk processing plant in Hotwar, Ranchi, has remained a non-starter for two years in a state that has a history of stillborn projects. The government had identified around an acre for the proposed Rs 19-crore plant, proudly labelled the Jharkhand …
Fresh milk delivered at your doorstep, minus any polluting plastic pouches. In a nod to environment conservation, the state animal husbandry department has decided to deliver fresh milk to households every morning through insulated tanks that will dispense half a litre at the press of a button, and would cost …
Diabetes is a metabolic disease in which the body does not produce enough insulin, or cells to not respond to insulin that is produced. Type 2 diabetes refers to the condition in which the cells do not respond to insulin, sometimes known as adult-onset diabetes. A new study from the …
Milked, the leading supplier of fresh milk in the organised sector in Punjab, is facing problems in meeting the increased demand of milk in the state. This has also resulted in a corresponding fall in the supply of Milkfed’s desi ghee in the market. This summer, there was an increase …
Former Tamil Nadu Governor and Union Agriculture Minister, Surjeet Singh Barnala today called upon 10 dairy scientists to ensure that the research in the dairy sector was transferred to farmers, which could help them increase the milk production and yield. Inaugurating a two-day workshop of leading dairy scientists at the …
This manual on Animal Husbandry Statistics is one of series of manuals on statistical indicators proposed to be brought out by the CSO. The basic purpose of this manual is to provide the users of Animal Husbandry data with a ready to use reference guide on methodological aspects of data …
