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Why India still lacks in Economical Dairy Farming?

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Savita Dahake
Why India still lacks in Economical Dairy Farming?

India’s aatmanirbharta in the dairy sector came with the White Revolution or Operation Flood of 1970s, which placed India on top of the world’s dairy industry. Even during the COVID19 pandemic while most other industries are struggling hard with a slowdown in demand and operational challenges like workforce shortage dairy sector is witnessing steady demand and even more employment. 

People like Dr. Dilip Khot are playing a crucial role in Indian dairy by providing guidance to the dairy sector right from the dairy farming level. In conversation with Machine Maker, Dilip Khot, Chairman and Managing Director of Surya Agro Dairy Tech Expert Professionals, discusses how the dairy sector is poised to grow and how his company is helping Indian dairy farmers and dairy producers to scale up dairy production.

Dr. Dilip Khot, himself has been in this field after extensive research during his career as a veterinary doctor. He completed his B.VSc in 1988 from Parbhani college. From 1988 to 2017 he worked with the Warana Dairy group starting as a veterinary doctor. He worked in the positions of a senior doctor, head of the department, and the manager of animal firms. He completed his MS management degree from Wageningen University & Research. He conducted projects all over the world to develop integral knowledge in dairy management and milk production and which factors are contributing to the milk yield. Then in 2017, he founded Surya Agro Dairy Tech Expert Professionals based in Pune to help with the infrastructure building to the marketing of dairy products in the most profitable manner.

Guidance to the sector  

Mr.  Khot is one of India's most experienced dairy and animal farming industry consultants. This veterinary doctor runs Surya Agro Dairy Tech Expert Professionals in Pune. He has been a veterinary doctor for more than 17 years after which he has conducted projects in Germany, Israel, and India in dairy industries developing a worldwide view of the industry. With a deeper understanding and knowledge of the industrial challenges, he is helping farmers to manufacturers to grow their dairy businesses from scratch. He says Per animal production in cows is very low in India.

His firm Surya Agro Dairy Tech Expert Professionals consults three aspects of animal and dairy farming - the establishment of dairy farming, establishment milking machine or milking parlor, and establishing a veterinary laboratory. 

Challenges for the dairy industry

Storage of feed and fodder, breeding system, lack of training on good dairy production, and health of the farming animals and hygiene are some of the biggest problems the Indian dairy industry. Surya Agro Dairy Tech Expert Professionals is helping to fight that with the expertise of Dr. Khot. They plan the structural designing, the routine management of milking, hygiene, disinfection, health checkup, quality of feed at per stage of lactation and management of heifers, management of parturition each year, increasing clean milk production per lactation to establish a successful dairy farming. All farmers and bulk milk manufacturers require expertise in creating networks, establishing machines, increasing yield, veterinary checkups.

Indian dairy sector is also going through changes due to the effect of the pandemic and they are coping up with basic sanitation at each level from milk collection to storage and delivery. The sanitation has been increased for the animals as well as humans as the virus has crossed species barriers. The industries in cities have been struggling due to workers’ shortage.

Read Full Story @ https://www.themachinemaker.com/machinemaker/dilip-khot-surya-agro-dairy-tech-expert-dairy-consultant

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