India to promote organic buffalo products for export

Published 2021년 3월 26일

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The article outlines the potential for organic buffalo breeding to double farmers' income in India by producing meat and milk, with additional revenue from by-products such as hides, bones, and fat. India, with its large agricultural sector and the world's largest buffalo population, has the potential to exceed $100 billion in annual supplies. However, there are challenges to be addressed, including non-tariff barriers in major meat-importing countries like the EU, US, and China. The Indian government is taking steps to address these issues and is currently subsidizing livestock vaccinations. The article emphasizes the need for a structured, farmer-centered approach and highlights the benefits of buffalo meat, which is not fed with harmful substances and is of high quality.

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Breeding organic buffaloes for meat and milk will help farmers more than double their income as hides, bones and fat are also processed. Fauzan Alawi, head of the Allanasons Ltd. Exporters Association, published an article on the prospects for breeding buffaloes in India on indianexpress.com. “The tremendous potential of livestock farming in India can be unleashed through a structured, farmer-centered approach. India is the second largest agricultural producer in the world and has 140 million hectares of cultivated area, has almost 1200 mm of average annual rainfall and as many as 15 agro-climatic zones. However, despite this wealth of resources, India's agricultural exports are unlikely to amount to $ 40 billion a year. The world's population is expected to increase by another 2 billion by 2050 compared to the current population of 6.8 billion, and therefore Indian farmers have good prospects of increasing annual supplies to more than $ 100 billion in the near future, in other ...

Source: Agroxxi