What is white revolution? How did it help dairy farming in india?
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White revolution was related to milk production . It was started in 1970s and emphasised on the increasing production of milk in the country .
Dr Verghese Kurien is called the father of white revolution in India .
With white revolution , India became the largest producer of milk and milk products making the dairy farming in India profitable and increasing GDP for this sector .
It is also called operation flood and was a rural plan developed by India's National Dairy Development Boards (NDDB) .
Help to dairy farming :
- It made dairy farmers self sufficient .
- It made them be the master of resource they create .
- It reduced seasonal and regional variation in income of dairy farmers .
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White Revolution was one of the biggest dairy development movements, by the Indian Government, in India in 1970. It was a step taken by the Indian Government to develop and help the dairy industry sustain itself economically by developing a co-operative, while providing employment to the poor farmers.
The White Revolution helped increase milk productivity and milk was now sold at competitive market prices. This program increased the demand for development and production of healthy animals, use of modern technology in milk production sector and networking between various small and large scale dairy industries.
The White Revolution followed after the success of the Green Revolution and the aim of White Revolution was to make India one of the largest milk producers in the world.
1) It ended the imports of milk solids in India and India started exporting milk powder to many foreign nations.
2) Dairy industries and infrastructures modernised and expanded. Around 10 million farmers earn their income from dairy farming.
3) Dairy needs are met locally.
4)Genetic improvement of milking animals has increased due to cross breeding.