| South Asian Dairy Congress | |
| 26th August 2012, Palace Ground, Gayathri Vihar, Bangalore, India. |  |
| India ranks as the world's largest milk producer during 2010-11 with an annual output of 116.2 million tonnes. India's milk production accounts for 16% approx. of the world total output. Constituting an important segment of the Indian rural economy, dairy and dairy products provide livelihood to millions of homes in villages and ensure supply of quality of milk and milk products to people of both urban and rural areas. The accelerated socio- economic development during the 21st century is throwing up challenging issues like food security, food safety, quality and their linkages with the national and international markets as the demand for food is increasing. Union Agriculture Minister has recently launched the ambitious Dairy Project named as “National Dairy Plan” Phase-I to increase the productivity of milch animals and provide more revenues to India's 70 million small milk producers and upgrade milk processing plants. The total amount of Rs. 2242 crores (426 Million USD) will be spent by International Development Association, World Bank and Govt. of India. The Plan is widely acclaimed as India's Second White Revolution to be implemented in 6th Five Year Plan (2012-2017) in 14 milk procuring states like Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Maharashtra. Private Dairy industries feel that World Bank have always supported and promoted private sector role in all major developments in India. There is a debate on the role of co-operative and private dairy industry in this prestigious National Dairy Plan, which needs to be discussed for sustainable development of this sector. This will be particularly relevant for South Asian Nations like Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Myanmar, Bhutan and Afghanistan where the scenario is changing due to economic developments and increasing demand of dairy products. Farmers and industry in all these countries are facing similar problems in enhancing production and productivity because of inadequate exposure to high technology and inputs as also to advanced production practices, Breed Improvement, Animal Nutrition and Village based Milk Procurement Systems etc. India, being the largest player in dairy and agri sectors, all neighbouring countries monitor and follow the policies and schemes for their developments. With this back ground, a South Asian Dairy Congress has been planned on 26th August 2012 along with 2nd Dairy Tech India 2012, where speakers will address the issues for long term development of dairy industry. This conference will also provide a platform to trade visitors and officials coming from South Asian, African and developed world to share their experiences, explore technology transfer and meet each other for JV opportunities. |
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