National Milk Day !!
National MILK DAY!!
HISTORY
World milk day was first designated by the FAO(Food
and Agriculture Organisation) of the United Nations(U.N.) in June
1,2001. FAO has chosen this date because many countries were already
celebrating a milk day during that time of year.
WHY WE CELEBRATE?
World milk day is an international day is celebrated to
recognize the importance of milk as a global food. This day is intended
to provide an opportunity to bring attention to activities that are connected
with the dairy sector or dairy related products. The day provides an
opportunity to focus attention on milk and raise awareness of dairy’s part in
healthy diets, responsible food production and supporting livelihoods and
communities. The fact that many countries chooses to do this on the same day
lends additional importance to individual national celebrations and shows that
milk is a global food.
INDIA
India
ranks 1st in milk production, accounting for 22% of
world production. Milk production in India has been increasing steadily over the years from 55.6 million
tonnes(1991-92) to 176.3 million tonnes(2017-18). India producing milk as
at an average annual growth rate of 4.5%.
India’s
dairy market is considered to be worth Rs. 9,168 billion – is catered to
by a complex network of famers, dairy cooperatives, private players,
cooperative federations and more.
National Milk Day in India is celebrated on November,26 every year.
This date was fixed in 2014 when the National Dairy Development Board(NDDB), The Indian Dairy Association(IDA) along with 22 states level milk federation agreed on this date to commemorate the birthday of Dr. Veghese Kurien. He was considered as the father of India’s White revolution. Dr. Kurien was also the founder of AMUL brand.
India’s
most milk producing states are Uttar Pradesh ranks 1st
with 18% contribution to the total milk produced by India. Rajasthan with 11%, Andhra Pradesh with 10%,
Gujrat with 8% and Punjab with 7% contribution to the
total milk produced by India.
India’s
top dairy products companies are:-
1.
Amul(Gujrat Cooperative Milk Marketing
Federation Ltd.)
2.
Karnataka Cooperative Milk Producers Federation
Ltd.
3.
Mother dairy(subsidiary of NDDB)
4.
The Punjab state Cooperative Milk Producers
Federation Ltd.
5.
Madhya Pradesh State Cooperative Dairy
Federation Ltd.
6.
Britannia Industries Ltd.
IN WORLD
FAO(Food
and Agriculture Organisation) data shows that more than 1billion peoples,
livelihood is supported by the dairy sector and that dairy products is consumed
by more than 6 billion peoples globally.
Global
cow milk production volume per year 522.7 million metric tons. Global
export value of dairy products worth $ 52.09 billion.
Top
importer of dairy products is Germany.
Volume
of cow milk produced worldwide has risen steadily over the several years. In
2015, 497million metric tons of cow milk was produced worldwide; by 2019
the figure had risen to around 522million metric tons.
Liquid
milk made up the largest share of the dairy market in terms of market
value.
Global
dairy brands or companies are:-
1.
Nestle(Switzerland)
2.
Danone(France)
3.
Dairy farmers of America (USA)
4.
Fonterra(New Zealand)
5.
Yili Group(China)
6.
Kraft Heinz(USA)
7.
Muller(German)
8.
Agropur(Canada)
CONTROVERSY
In response to this event , a “World Pant Milk Day” was created in 2017, which occurs annually on August22. Their objections to world milk day centre around the environmental impact, health effects, and animal abuse of the dairy industry.
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