India is a major millets producing country in the world. The Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DA&FW) is implementing millets development programme, as Sub-Mission on Nutri-Cereals (Millets), under National Food Security Mission (NFSM) from 2018-19 to enhance area, production & productivity of millets.TheState-wise production of major crops including millets during last three years is at Annexure-I.

 

In view of health benefits of the millets, Government of India notified millets as nutri-cereals in April 2018. Indian Council of Agricultural Research- Indian Institute of Millets Research, (ICAR-IIMR) Hyderabad is supporting the startups, Farmer Producing Organisations (FPOs) underRashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana – Remunerative Approaches for Agriculture and Allied Sectors Rejuvenation (RKVY-RAFTAAR) projectto procure the primary and secondary processing units under ICAR’s- Farmers First Programme providing training to the farmers, home makers, students andyoungentrepreneurs on cultivation practices of millets, value-added millet food products, recipes etc. besides support to establish their own enterprise& own brand. To create domestic & global demand of millets Government of India had proposed to the United Nations for declaring the year 2023 as International Year of Millets (IYoM). The Resolution of India was supported by 72 countries and United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted the resolution and declared 2023 as International Year of Millets in March, 2021. The Government of India has already planned activities for celebrations of IYoM- 2023. The action plan of IYOM-2023 focusseson strategies to enhance production, consumption, export, branding etc.

Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs and Food & Public Distribution and Textiles, Shri Piyush Goyal today announced that the India Pavilion in Dubai will remain a permanent pavilion. He said, India is grateful to UAE for giving India this pride of place at the planned Innovation District in Dubai, which will represent a symbol of the trust and dynamism of our partnership.

 

'I thank Dubai for giving India a pride of place at the Expo to create this Marvel In Motion!,' said Shri Goyal, addressing the India’s Honour Day Celebration at the World Expo-2020 in Dubai.

 

Shri Goyal said the India Pavilion crossed the milestone of 1.7 million footfalls last week, probably the highest amongst the three or four pavilions at the Dubai Expo.

 

With the UAE contributing about $ 26 Billion out of India’s total exports of over $400 Bn this Financial Year, Shri Goyal said the UAE is India's second largest export destination.

 

'We hope to see it grow in the years to come. India is the destination for businesses in the UAE. We provide talent and investor friendly policies,' he said.

 

Underlining the leadership of the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the UAE, Shri Goyal said trust is the defining factor of the India-UAE relationship.

 

'Today we are natural partners due to the complementary nature of our economies and increasing trade will always showcase the synergy that our two nations have, strengthening further our eternal bonds. Our ties will remain vibrant, will grow from strength to strength and in the years to come will showcase huge opportunities for people from both nations,' he said.

 

Shri Goyal lauded the UAE leadership for their relentless efforts for making the Dubai World Expo a grand success with a footfall touching close to 25 million in the last six months since its inauguration.

 

'The Dubai Expo will also remain a shining example of victory of courage over adversity,' he said, referring to the two year delay in the staging of the World Expo due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

Shri Goyal said during the period the Dubai Expo was being staged, India and the UAE negotiated the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), the fastest ever negotiated bilateral free trade agreement. Shri Goyal said, on 18th February, 2022 the two countries signed the CEPA and unveiled the India-UAE Joint Vision Document.

 

Shri Goyal said India’s prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) will open its first overseas campus in the UAE as part of the CEPA pact.

Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Shri Piyush Goyal today said that notwithstanding the initial target envisioned under the India- UAE CEPA, which was USD 100 billion, it was possible to achieve a trade of USD 250 billion in Goods and Services by 2030. He was addressing the gathering at the ‘World Government Summit_Sparking the Growth of Emerging Economies’ in Dubai today.

 

Responding to a question on India-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, Shri Goyal said that India looks upon UAE as a friend, as someone who has always stood by India. Speaking of the huge Indian diaspora in UAE, Shri Goyal said that they were very well taken care of by the UAE government during COVID. He emphasized that the relation between India and UAE extended far beyond the dimension of trade. The mutual trust and respect and the cultural affinity between the two nations in truly unique, he added. 

 

Ever since CEPA was announced, he had, Shri Goyal said, engaged extensively with businesses from both nations. He said that India Gems and Jwellery Export Promotion Council aspired to triple their exports to UAE. He added that the enthusiasm among trade bodies, industry associations and Export Promotion Councils about the India-UAE CEPA was encourging. 

 

Terming Services export as a huge opportunity for India when it comes to UAE, the Minister said that it was a largely untapped segment. Speaking of India’s booming startups, especially in fintech, agritech, edutech, healthtech etc, he said that UAE’s status as an emerging financial hub would help hasten investments in India, especially in these sectors.  

 

Shri Goyal listed the top 5 sectors with the greatest potential for growth in India-UAE CEPA as gems and jwellery, textiles and leather products, pharmaceuticals, Steel and petrochemicals. Referring to the melt and pour agreement between India and UAE, the Minister said that it would help to encourage investments in UAE to set up steel plants, help protect steel sector in India and help India gain market access in other countries because of UAE being an entrepôt. Terming India as a giant when it comes to petrochemical production capabilities, the Minister said that there was huge opportunity in the petrochemical sector as well. 

 

Speaking of India’s merchandise exports which have crossed USD 400 billion in spite of subsequent waves of COVID 19, the Minister said that services export from India, irrespective of the slowdown in travel and tourism had touched the highest-ever figure of USD 250 billion. The Minister asserted that even at the peak of the pandemic India did not let down a single commitment it made to the world. 

 

Referring to India’s success in nurturing startups, Shri Goyal said that India already had 92 unicorns and is hoping to cross 100. He expressed confidence that in the 75th year of India’s independence, India would see atleast 75 unicorns emerge from the startup ecosystem. 

 

Referring to the impending ‘Amritkaal’, the next 25 years of independence, the Minister said that India would ascend from being an emerging economy to a developed one with special focus on assuring prosperity to 1.35 billion people and creating a better future and better life for every child born in India, during this time period.

Government is implementing Bhartiya Prakritik Krishi Padhati (BPKP) introduced during 2020-21 as a sub scheme of Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) for the promotion of traditional indigenous practices including Natural Farming to bring down the input costs. The scheme mainly emphasises on exclusion of all synthetic chemical inputs and promotes on-farm biomass recycling with major stress on biomass mulching, use of cow dung-urine formulations and other plant-based preparations. Training through capacity building is integral part of the scheme. Under BPKP, financial assistance of Rs 12200/ha for 3 years is provided for cluster formation, capacity building and continuous handholding by trained personnel, certification and

 

residue analysis. An area of 4.09 lakh ha area has been covered under natural farming and a total fund of Rs. 4980.99 lakh has been released to 8 States namely Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu while an area of 5.68 lakh ha have also been approved for 3 States namely Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan & Uttar Pradesh. The State –wise details of funds released, area covered, no. of  farmers  and crops grown under natural farming BPKP is given at Annexure – I.

 

Evidence from implementation of Natural Farming (NF) from various parts of the country indicates that shift towards NF helps in lowering the input cost.

 

The Government constituted an Inter-Ministerial Committee in April, 2016 to examine issues relating to “Doubling of Farmers Income” and recommend strategies to achieve the same. The committee submitted its Report to the Government in September, 2018. After acceptance of DFI Committee recommendations, the Government has constituted an ‘Empowered Body’ to review and monitor the progress

 

Agriculture being a State Subject, the State Government take appropriate measures for development of agriculture in the State.  However, Government of India supplements the effort of States through appropriate policy measures and budgetary support and various scheme/programmes. The various schemes/programmes of the Government of India are meant for the welfare of farmers by increasing production, remunerative returns and income support to farmers.

 

The Government has adopted several developmental programmes, schemes, reforms and policies that focus on higher income for the farmers. All these police & programmes are being supported by higher budgetary allocation, non-budgetary financial resources such as creating Corpus Funds like Micro Irrigation fund etc. There has been several reforms to unleash the potential, e.g. Formation and Promotion of 10,000 FPOs along with necessary financial support under Atma Nirbhar Package (Agriculture). Under Atma Nirbhar Bharat special attention is being paid for creation of infrastructure for which “Agri Infrastructure Fund (AIF) has been created with a size of Rs. 100,00 crore. Other special initivatives include Supplementary Income transfers under PM-KISAN; Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY); Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY); Increase in Minimum Support Price (MSPs) for all Kharif & Rabi Crops ensuring a minimum of 50 percent of profit margin on the cost of production, Bee-Keeping; Rashtriya Gokul Mission; Blue Revolution; Interest Subvention Scheme; Kisan Credit Card (KCC) that now offers production loan to even dairy & fishery framers besides agricultural crops etc. The adoption of Drone technologies in agriculture has a potential to revolutionize the Indian agriculture. In order to make Drone technology affordable to the farmers and other stakeholders of this sector, financial assistance @ 100% cost of drone together with the contingent expenditure is extended to ICAR/SAU State governments/ State government Institutions under Sub-Mission on Agriculture Mechanization (SMAM) for its demonstration on the farmer’s fields.

Uttar Pradesh has reclaimed its position as the top producing State in vegetables relegating West Bengal to the second position after two years, but this time the difference between the two is more than a million tonnes. On the other hand, Andhra Pradesh remains the top fruit producer.

 

According to data placed in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, vegetables production in Uttar Pradesh is estimated to be 29.58 million tonnes (mt) in the 2021-22 crop year (July-June) against 29.16 mt in the previous year, while West Bengal output is seen to drop to 28.23 mt from 30.33 mt. When Uttar Pradesh was ahead of West Bengal in vegetables production in 2018-19, the gap between the two was around 0.7 mt.

 

Other top producers of vegetables in the current year include Madhya Pradesh at 2.59 mt, Bihar at 17.77 mt and Maharashtra at 16.78 mt, data show.

 

Andhra Pradesh is likely to see 18.01 mt of fruits production in 2021-22 against 17.7 mt last year, while Maharashtra may produce 12.3 mt, up from 11.74 mt last year. Other top producers of fruits are Uttar Pradesh at 11.26 mt, Karnataka at 8.55 mt and Gujarat at 8.24 mt. Incidentally, Gujarat production has remained unchanged from last year.

 

MIDH scheme

 

Meanwhile, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said separate targets for the production of fruits and vegetables are not assigned to the States. The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare has been implementing a Centrally sponsored scheme—Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)— from 2014-15 for holistic growth of the horticulture sector covering fruits, vegetables, root and tuber crops, mushroom, spices, flowers, aromatic plants, coconut, cashew and cocoa. Production of fruits and vegetables are supported under the Area Expansion component of the MIDH scheme, which is implemented through State Horticulture Missions (SHMs), he added.

 

Apples in warm regions

 

Tomar also said the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has taken a number of steps to promote the production of apples in warm areas. The Srinagar-based Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture (CITH) has identified the low-chill apple varieties like Anna, Dorsett Golden, Mayan and Michael for this purpose and has been multiplying these varieties. Planting material of low-chill varieties was supplied to Jammu region this year, he said.

 

The minister also said CITH has conducted DUS testing for the protection of low-chill apple cultivar HRM-99, which is being promoted on large scale by the farmers in Karnataka, Punjab and Haryana.

 

The country’s horticulture output is likely to drop marginally by 0.4 per cent to 333.25mt in 2021-22 from the previous year as production of vegetables, spices, and plantation crops are set to decline. However, among the key essential items, while potato and tomato production may drop, that of onion is pegged higher.

The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has been implementing scheme of Operation Greens since November, 2018 for integrated value chain development of Tomato, Onion and Potato (TOP) crops in the selected clusters. The scheme has two components i.e. Long Term Strategy i.e. Value Chain Development Projects and Short Term Strategy i.e. Price Stabilisation Measures through grant of transportation/storage subsidy.

 

Being a demand driven scheme, projects are sanctioned on the basis of response received from the industry. Since its inception, six value chain development projects have been sanctioned and initiated with total project cost of Rs 363.30 crore; Grant-in-aid sanctioned of Rs 136.82 crore; Processing capacity 3.34 Lakh MT and Preservation Capacity of 46,380 MT.

 

The Ministry has conducted regular stakeholder’s consultations to discuss the challenges faced for setting up of projects under the scheme and accordingly, necessary corrective measures have been taken from time to time to resolve the issues.

 

Under the short term measures of the scheme, provision of transportation/storage subsidy is available for notified crops during glut situation for eligible entities including farmers. Total subsidy of Rs 84.73 crore has been disbursed under the scheme which has benefitted eligible entities including farmers across India.

 

The scope of short term measures originally applicable to Tomato, Onion and Potato crops were expanded to 41 notified fruits & vegetables with effect from June, 2020 as part of Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan Package.

 

Further, in pursuance to Budget Announcement 2021-22, the scope of long term strategy i.e. Value Chain Development Projects was expanded from TOP crops to 22 perishables which include 10 fruits, 11 vegetables (including TOP crops) and 1 marine product i.e. Shrimp.

 

As on date, six projects were sanctioned for TOP crops under the scheme with total project cost of Rs 363.30 crore; Grant-in-aid sanctioned of Rs 136.82 crore; Processing capacity 3.34 Lakh MT and Preservation Capacity of 46,380 MT.

 

Out of the six projects, three projects i.e. one each for TOP crops in the state of Gujarat; two projects for onion in Maharashtra and one project for tomato in Andhra Pradesh have been sanctioned and initiated.

 

This information was given by Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Prahlad Singh Patel in a written reply in Lok Sabha recently.

 

The free trade agreement between India and the UAE is likely to come into effect from May 1 this year, under which domestic exporters of as many as 6,090 goods from sectors like textiles, agriculture, dry fruits, gem and jewellery would get duty-free access to the UAE market, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Sunday.

 

The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) was signed by India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in February which aims to boost bilateral trade to $100 billion in the next five years from current $60 billion.

 

The minister said that the detailed text of the pact has been released in public domain and now 'we are trying to complete all our paperwork, all the customs notifications expeditiously. We hope it can be operationalised by May 1, 2022'.

 

Overall, the UAE is offering duty elimination on over 97% of its products which account for 99% of Indian exports here in value terms.

 

Immediate duty-free access covers all labour-intensive sectors such as gems and jewellery, textiles and apparel, agricultural and fish products, leather, footwear, and sport goods, Pharmaceuticals and Medical devices, and many engineering products.

 

"Currently, we are exporting about $26 billion worth of goods to the UAE , almost 90% of them will get total tariff (or customs duty) elimination on Day 1 itself. Going forward in the next 5-7 or ten years, the rest of the 9.5% (about 1,270 goods) will also get zero duty," Mr. Goyal said at the Dubai Expo here.

 

Explaining the importance of the pact, he said the UAE also opened doors for the rest of the Middle East, some parts of Africa and Europe.

 

'This opens up huge opportunities for Indian businesses,' he said adding the pact also opens doors to several service sectors which will expand job opportunities for Indian young boys and girls.

 

Key areas of India's interest are computer related services, audio visual, education, health, tourism, travel, professionals services like nursing, engineering, and accountancy.

 

'We are also working for mutual recognition agreements (MRAs) of professionals and skilled services, so that if they approve our nursing colleges then the nursing degree from that college will get automatic recognition here and vice versa,' he said.

 

On the other hand, India has offered significant concessions on goods of export interest to the UAE and that include dates, petroleum products (crude, LPG, Naptha), petrochemicals (polyethylene, polypropylene and poly vinyl chloride), metals (aluminium, copper, nickel, iron and steel), minerals (limestone, cement).

 

India will be giving duty-free access to 7,694 goods on the day of implementation of the agreement. Around 2,400 goods would get zero duty in 5-10 years time period.

 

As part of protective measures in the pact, there are stringent rules of origin criteria that reflect the requirement for substantial processing of up to 40% for most of the products and wholly obtained criteria for agricultural products.

 

When asked about free trade agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Mr. Goyal said: 'we are at an advanced stage of discussion on the scope of the agreement. I believe that discussions will get over in the next 15-20 days'.

 

After that, he said, 'we hope to launch formal negotiations for a broad based FTA with all the GCC nations and that will open up the entire Middle East market for Indian goods and services'.

 

Mr. Goyal, who will participate in the India-UAE Business Forum meet on March 29, said the aim of the meeting is to expand business to business engagements between the countries.

 

The meeting is expected to be attended by businesses including Anish Shah from Mahindra and Mahindra, Bajaj Finserv CMD Sanjiv Bajaj, Vedanta Resources Chairman Anil Agarwal, ITC CMD Sanjiv Puri, Apollo Hospitals Joint MD Sangita Reddy, Bharti Airtel Joint MD Rajan Mittal, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd Chairman Satish Reddy, and Byju's cofounder Byju Raveendran.

 

There is also a Roundtable on Startups on March 28. About 20 startups are expected to participate in this meet and that include Ritesh Agarwal from OyoRooms, Deepinder Goyal from Zomato, Nishant Pitti from EaseMyTrip, Prashant Prakash from Accel Ventures, and Vineet Rai from Aavishkaar Group.

 

Talking about the India pavilion here at Dubai Expo 2020, Mr. Goyal said that it would be a permanent structure here.

 

'India has been given the honour along with the UAE and Saudi Arabia , and Morocco…We will continue to get the chance to use that (India Pavilion) area to act as a facilitator or little bit of India in UAE,' he added.

The India International Kashmir Saffron Trading Centre (IIKSTC), Dusso, Pampore has proved instrumental in facilitating saffron growers with organized marketing, quality based pricing besides direct transaction between growers, traders, exporters and industrial agencies ensuring substantial profits to the beneficiaries.

 

In IIKSTC, scientific post-harvest handling practices like Drying, Grading, Stamen Separation etc are being adopted for fetching better returns to farmers.

 

'Saffron produced at farmer fields in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir is of best quality which proffers strong flavour, aroma and colour effect as well in comparison to Saffron produced across the world'.

 

The governments, in an effort to maintain the identity of Kashmir Saffron and eliminate the role of intermediaries from the marketing channel for better pricing for growers in the domestic and international market which will eventually help growers realize maximum prices, established IIKSTC.

 

IIKSTC is tremendously helping the saffron growers to enforce adoption of quality standards and fix the price based on quality grades at farm gate level.

 

The government worked hard to motivating orthodox mindset of farmers towards adopting scientific methodology for promoting saffron cultivation as bold initiatives like prophylactic measures and soil health reclamation measure are being taken which are proving a game changer in Saffron cultivation in J&K.

 

More than 30000 families in J&K located in 226 villages are associated with saffron cultivation. Jammu & Kashmir is the second largest Saffron producing area in the world and is only place in the country where saffron is being cultivated.

 

Collection center unit set up as part of IIKSTC with a cost of Rs 37 crore is meant for collection of produce from farmers, proper weighing, issuing code numbers, tagging and maintenance of record.

 

Proper marking of crates is ensured so that there is no mixing of produce and ownership disputes are avoided, a saffron farmer, Ali Muhammad Mir of Dusoo Pampore said. 'Then our produce is sent to stigma separation unit and in case of excess produce, it is kept in cold storage after proper coding. We are facilitated at every step by the departmental officials to locate our produce, he added'.

 

In the quality evaluation laboratory unit, officials receive coded samples from drying unit for quality evaluation and testing for conducting physical and chemical tests of saffron samples received, using IS methods.

 

The laboratory is equipped with all the facilities and machines to provide accurate and globally acceptable test results.

 

'The technicians allot grades as per ISO standards for each parameter besides maintaining liaison with e-auction unit by providing test certification so that the farmer can sell his produce as per the grade certified,' an official of IIKSTC said.

 

During the selling process, the auction center of the IIKSTC facilitates the growers to revise the 'Base Price' and 'Valuation Price' based on the demand and supply and other parameters till 24 hours before the auction day. The growers are able to control the 'Reserve Price' in real time during auction. It gives him ability to monitor multiple lots simultaneously via features like single button knockdown. A grower can identify the market trend (demand and pricing) of various brands,' an official at the center said adding that, 'Faster settlement process via electronic movement of contract note and delivery orders is ensured to sellers at the center.'

 

The IIKSTC is a win win situation for both seller and the buyer. Earlier, the growers are not aware of buyer details across India and world and hence they had a very small market. They were not sure that they are receiving the right market price for their Saffron produce. It used to take longer time for the growers to receive money. Similarly, buyers don’t have to wait for longer time to receive Saffron and need not to travel hundreds of kilometers to visit Saffron Growers in Kashmir to ensure that they receive the genuine price and authentic product.

 

Saffron production in Jammu and Kashmir had been under threat of extinction as is evident from its dwindling share in global production. Area under Saffron Production declined from about 5707 hectare to 3785 hectare in 2010-11. Simultaneously, productivity had declined from an average of 3.13 Kg/ha to 1.88 kg/ha over the years before 2010.

 

To give boost to saffron production and mitigate sufferings of saffron growers, Union Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperation, during the year 2010-11, introduced a scheme 'National Mission on Saffron' and setting up IIKSTC is one the components of the Mission.

 

During the launch of 'Jashn-e-Zafraan', Lieutenant Governor said that the increase in saffron production from 2.5 Kg per hectare to 5 kg per hectare will motivate farmers of other agriculture and allied sectors to increase their production taking maximum benefit of various agriculture development schemes of the Central and Union Territory government.

 

LG said that after the tireless efforts of the central government last year, Saffron got the Geographical Indication Tag and paved way for it to become a powerful brand in the international market.

 

To acquaint the saffron growers/sellers with the mechanism/ protocol to be adopted for post-harvest management of saffron and its e- auctioning under Kashmir saffron brand, the department of Agriculture Kashmir organizes awareness training program at IIKSTC.

 

Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar, during his visit to Spice park said, the central government is ready to provide all possible help and support to the farmers. 'With the existence of Spice Park, the income out of saffron production of growers has doubled, he said. The Center will provide all kinds of facilities and assistance to the farmers that will make the lives of our farmers prosperous,' he said.

The Centre has procured 741.62 lakh tonne of paddy in the ongoing 2021-22 marketing year so far at the minimum support price (MSP), Union Food Ministry said on Monday. "Till now about 105.14 lakh farmers have been benefitted with MSP value of Rs 1,45,358.13 crore," the ministry said in a statement.

 

A quantity of 741.62 lakh tonne of paddy has been procured till March 27 of the ongoing 2021-22 marketing year, it said.

 

Out of the total procurement undertaken so far, maximum of 187.28 lakh tonne of paddy has been procured from Punjab, followed by 92.01 lakh tonne from Chhattisgarh, 70.22 lakh tonne from Telangana, 55.30 lakh tonne from Haryana and 66.53 lakh tonne from Uttar Pradesh till March 27 of the ongoing marketing year.

 

The paddy marketing season normally begins from October and runs through September.

 

During the 2020-21 marketing season, the government had procured 895.83 lakh tonne of paddy at a MSP value of Rs 1,69,133.26 crore.

 

The government undertakes procurement operations through state-run Food Corporation of India (FCI) as well as state agencies.

 

The government buys largely paddy and wheat to protect farmers with MSP as well as use the procured grains for distribution through ration shops for the poor beneficiaries registered under the National Food Security Act at highly subsidized rates.

After hiatus of 3 years, it is a welcome news for the entire dairy industry that India International Dairy Expo (IIDE), is making a stronger comeback with encouraging response from the dairy fraternity. Lot of changes in the dairy technology are observed and more are anticipated post pandemic as the situation is coming to normalcy.

 

Indian Dairy Association (IDA), West Zone is associated with IIDE and would be hosting a technical seminar on theme ‘Ideate. Innovate. Succeed’. The agenda will include topics like - New Technologies and Innovations in Dairy, Blockchain Technology and Drones for Dairy Industry, and Offerings by Dairy Research Institutes and Industry Requirements.

 

Dairy industry is very much eager to witness this special edition and looking forward to solutions. IIDE offers an ideal business platform to dairy industry solution providers for networking and display services and solutions first-hand in a live environment alongside key decision makers from the dairy manufacturing and farming sectors.

 

At IIDE 2022, network with senior professionals and generate unlimited business opportunities in a safe business environment. Connect with the right buyers and learn key industry trends while staying ahead of your competition.

 

Consumers are increasingly concerned about the quality, safety, and hygiene of food products, including dairy. This is expected to boost the growth of the value-added dairy segment within India’s organised dairy market. There is growing change in preference from loose products to packaged products. Categories like liquid milk, curd, paneer, and sweets have experienced this trend, which mainly benefits the organised sector. Companies with a strong retail penetration have realised immediate benefits.

 

However, companies with a commodity and business-to-business focus will desperately push toward consumer-focused in the coming years.