How to bring about White Revolution 2.0
How to bring about White Revolution 2.0
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La Excellence IAS Academy | March 4, 2024 | Economy
Syllabus: GS-III, Subject: Economy, Topic: Agriculture and allied sector, Issue: Animal Husbandry
Why in news:
- Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) for 2022-23 shows milk emerging as India’s top food spend item, both in rural and urban areas.
- The excess demand for milk has created the concern of inflation in milk price and availability of fodder.
The availability of the milk can be increased by:
- Genetic improvement and new breeding technologies.
- Farmers cultivating high-yielding protein-rich green fodder grasses and reducing reliance on expensive compound cattle feed and oil-meal concentrates.
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