How did India manage to become the world leader in milk production?

Published Feb 12, 2023

Tridge summary

India is the world's leading milk producer, contributing 24% of global production, with a growth of 51% in the last eight years. The country's National Program for Dairy Product Development since 2014 has helped improve milk and dairy product quality, and increase participation in sales, processing, and value addition. The sector's expansion is supported by self-sufficiency and plans to export surpluses, with milk production projected to almost triple by the first quarter of the century. The growth is attributed to policies that support agricultural production and personal progress through production, with a significant contribution from small producers.

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Mentally linking cows with India is the best representation that can be had of a fundamental activity for that country, not only because of the sacred characteristic of the animals that represent the mother, and for this reason they are so respected, but because they have known establish itself as the world leaders in milk production. In September 2022, on the outskirts of Delhi, the World Congress of the International Dairy Federation was taking place, where the Hindu Prime Minister Shir Narendra Modi was present, showing the absolute political support that an activity like this needs to expand. The occasion served for India to tell the main dairy countries face to face that it is a global leader in production, showing the productive characteristics, the available technology, a vast catalog of dairy products, but also its challenges, such as getting to vaccinate to the entire cattle herd this year. A country that shows remarkable socio-economic progress, although with ...

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