World Dairy Summit 2022
- Category
Economy
- Published
16th Sep, 2022
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Context
Prime Minister officially inaugurated the International Dairy Federation World Dairy Summit (IDF WDS) 2022, being held at the India Expo Centre and Mart in Greater Noida.
About
- Theme of the IDF WDS is ‘Dairy for Nutrition and Livelihood’.
- Last time India hosted the International Dairy Congress in 1974.
- The dairy summit is a congregation of global and Indian dairy industry leaders, experts, farmers, and policy planners.
International Dairy Federation
- IDF is the leading source of scientific and technical expertise for all stakeholders of the dairy chain.
- Since 1903, IDF's network of dairy experts has provided a mechanism for the dairy sector to reach global consensus on how to help feed the world with safe and sustainable dairy products.
Indian Dairy Sector:
- India is self-sufficient in milk and the world’s top milk producer as well as consumer.
- India accounts for 23 per cent of the global output.
- The annual domestic production of milk in the country is estimated at 220 million tonne.
- India is home to about 19 percent of in-milk cattle and 63 percent of in-milk buffaloes in the world.
- 50 well-defined breeds of cattle and 19 of buffaloes are well adapted to the local environment.
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