India’s Fish Production

Fisheries sector occupies a very important place in the socio-economic development of the country. It has been recognized as a powerful income and employment generator as it stimulates growth of a number of subsidiary industries, and is a source of ..

Current Trends in Dairy Sector in India

The most basic feature of Indian dairy sector is that it is still predominantly unorganized. Of the total milk produced in India, only 18-20% is channelized via the organized sector. The unorganized sector is yet to participate into the modern ..

Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme

The Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme (DEDS) is a credit linked subsidy scheme of government of India to promote the setting up of modern dairy farms. This scheme is a modified version of an earlier 2004 scheme called Dairy/Poultry Venture Capital ..

National Programme for Bovine Breeding and Dairy Development

National Programme for Bovine Breeding and Dairy Development (NPBBDD) was launched by the union government in February 2014 after merging four erstwhile schemes viz. National Project for Cattle and Buffalo Breeding (NPCBB), Intensive Dairy Development Programme (IDDP), Strengthening Infrastructure for ..

National Dairy Development Board

National Dairy Development Board, located at Anand, Gujarat, is a premier institution in Dairy Sector in India. National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) was created in 1965, fulfilling the desire of the then Prime Minister of India – the late Lal ..

Milk Production in India

From a humble player in 1950s, India has steadily and firmly cruised to become number one in list of milk producing countries around the world. This success story has been written mainly by our smallholder milk producers; but the Operation ..

Animal Products and Income Elasticity of Demand

The animal products have positive income elasticity of demand. This implies that as the consumers’ income rises, more their consumption pattern will change and more they will demand the animal products such as meat, eggs and milk. This is one ..

Livestock as Leveler in Indian Agriculture

In our country, the distribution of livestock is more equitable than that of land. We take example of the marginal farmers here. A marginal farmer is one who holds less than 1 hectare of land. In our country, marginal farmers ..