05/07/2021 - Agriculture

KEY POINTS

·        It is well known that “Operation Flood” (OF) that started in the 1970s transformed this sector.

·        However, even after five decades, cooperatives processed only 10 per cent of the overall milk production.

·        India needed the double  the organised private sector to process another 10 per cent.

·        The doors for the private sector were opened partially with the 1991 reforms, but fully in 2002-03, when the dairy sector was completely de-licenced.

·        As per an NDDB report, the capacity created by private dairy companies in the last 15 years is equivalent to the capacity set up by cooperatives in over 30 years.

·        Many start-ups “dairypreneurs” have come in promising a farm-to-home experience of milk. Country Delight is one such company that delivers fresh milk at the consumer’s doorstep and gives quality testing kits at home.

·        Stellapps Technologies is working towards digitising the dairy supply chain in India by enabling traceability across the milk supply chain for dairy companies.

·        A Cattle Development Programme run by BAIF development and research has conducted more than 1,50,000 sorted semen inseminations with a conception rate of 44.3 per cent, and 90 per cent female births have been recorded.

·        The major focus should be on innovations to cut down costs, raise productivity, ensure food safety, and be globally competitive.

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