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Easy availability of funds to farmers needs to be considered, explored
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Monday, 20 February, 2017, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Shraddha Joshi, Mumbai
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There are various issues which need to be explored and taken into consideration like easy availability of funds to farmers, proper utilisation of the budget allocated by the government for both private and co-operative dairy players and dairy-based functional foods.
This was stated by Satish Kulkarni, professor and senior scientist, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal, at a session focusing on the issues faced by, the opportunities for and the challenges that needed to be tackled by the dairy industry, on the concluding day of the India International Dairy Expo (IIDE), organised by the India Dairy Association (IDA) - West Zone.
The three-day event, organised by Koelnmesse YA Tradefair Pvt Ltd, took place along side the 45th Dairy Industry Conference at Bombay Convention and Exhibition Centre. It focused on the complete requirements of the dairy industry, including dairy farming, veterinary, processing, packaging, quality and dairy products.
Two hundred exhibitors showcased their offerings at the event, which witnessed a footfall of about 10,000 visitors.
“During theconference, there were various technical sessions covering all aspects of dairy, from processing,innovation,supplychain and postal to industrial presentation,” said Kulkarni.
He added, “Natural calamitiesare one of the most important issues to handle. Along with human loss, there is also cattle and livestock loss. The animals suffer and starve for feed and fodder. Fun food, value-added milk products, additive-based functional foods and milk with special nutritional properties need to be explored more.”
On the third day of the event, whose theme for this year was climate change and dairying, there were presentations on enhancing animal productivity, climate change - human diet and animal feeding, quality aspects of milk and milk products and reducing carbon footprints. They were followed by a plenary session.
Global warming has been affecting land and directing impacting the productive and reproductive cycles of milch animals. By 2020, a reduction of three million tonnes per annum is likely to be witnessed due to global warming.
Goma Engineering Pvt Ltd was one of the exhibitors. Amol Maind, its senior manager, marketing,said, “The event which happens once a yearis a good gathering for existing players as well as new entrants in this segment.”
“It is a good platform to share new technology,machinery and various new issues under one roof,” he added.
“This year we have launched cheese stretching and cheese moulding machines and have got a good response from the visitors,” Maind stated.
Kanta Yadav, who has been visiting the expo for the last five years and is pursuing her Ph D, said, “The event focuses on every aspect of the dairy segment and is for all, including industry experts, farmers,students, scientists and even those who wish to enter the segment.”
“It has helped and encouraged the students to present their view at the industry level through this event,” she added.
The 46th Dairy Industry Conference will be held in Kochi, Kerala inNovember 2018. The event concluded with IDA’s AGBM.
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