MilkIT2nd Advisory Council Meeting

Almora 18/12/2012

IntroductionIndia

Thanammal Ravichandran, Nils Teufel

Introduction-Members• In your opinion what is the most important thing to address for dairy development for Uttarakhand?• Chitra (Anim Husb Dep): Feed is most important constraint for dairy development in UK, existing institutions should

work together for this• Bisht (VPKAS): Agricultural land is very scarce (13.5%) and only 10% of it is only irrigated land. So concentration on

fodder production in wasteland is important.• Rawat (GBPIHD): Making available the green fodder is most important• Ravishankar (CDO Almora): I am very new to this field but I can get idea in all field and I can facilitate the

implemenation.• Prem Kumar (Forestry Dep): 70% is forest in this area, dairy dependant on grazing, we have to assess the carrying

capacity of forest.• Saxena (Ajeeveeka IFAD): ?• Samant (Ajeeveeka IFAD): Breed improvement and promotion of AI is crucial.• Arun (Aanchal): Farmers should be working as society for selling the milk-marketing is important.• GC.Pant (Inhere): Fodder management is important• Sonali (Inhere): Hope to believe that we can improve dairy, ownership of programme or project by farmers is

important• Kuldeep (Chirag): There should be strong value chain to be developed• Mukul (Chirag) Market accessibility is most important• Nils (ILRI): Access to market is important• Thanammal (ILRI): How can all the institutions work together for the dairy development? It is important to create a

base for linking institutions.

MilkIT objectives

• Institutional strengthening: To strengthen use of value chain and innovation approaches among dairy stakeholders to improve feeding strategies for dairy cows.

• Productivity enhancement: To develop options for improved feeding strategies leading to yield enhancement with potential income benefits.

• Knowledge sharing: To strengthen knowledge sharing mechanisms on feed development strategies at local, regional and international levels

Meeting objectives

• Overview of activities last 6 months• Group discussion– Ownership of innovation platforms– Dairy innovation platforms attractive to milk buyers– Potential of private grasslands for feed improvement

• Work plan 2013 & Outlook

Chairperson

• Ravi Shankar – CDO Almora districtselected as chairperson for this meeting