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Dairy Education Need And Necessities
In View Of The Globalization
Dr. Sudhir Uprit,
Professor and Head (DT) College of Dairy Technology Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur (C.G.),
sudhir_uprit@yahoo.com, Dr.K.C.P.Singh, Dean College of Dairy Technology, Indira Gandhi Krishi
Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur (C.G.)
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Globalization of Indian economy and trade was initiated in early 1990s and got reinforced in year 1994 with the signing of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture (URAA) in 1994.This process of globalization has brought integration of domestic markets with the world economy and increasingly stringent food safety and quality standards. The major policy events towards the trade liberalization during the post – operation flood and post reform phase (1990 onwards) represented the significant shift in dairy sector policy by opening up markets. The time to time introduction and amendments of regulations like MMPO helped in faster growth of the dairy industry. The competition in the dairy sector within the organized and private sector increased drastically, in terms of milk processing capacities. The removal of the restriction of the import and export of most of livestock products opened the protectionist environment of Indian dairy industry.
These events lead to significant changes in the structure and performance of dairy industry. All though lot is achieved by the globalization but lot more is still to be achieved due to increasing income, demand of quality livestock product and urbanization.
With the globalization in dairy industry shift in milk production strategies is necessary to ensure quality milk production. Quality of raw milk has direct impact on quality of product prepared from it. Globalization has open up the world market for Indian Dairy Products. Export of these product need to pass through the strict quality standard .To achieve this it is necessary to control the quality of milk at grass root level itself.
Production of clean and safe milk is highly needed for the safety of consumer and also to make the product competitive at national and global level. However the livestock farmers who are mostly spread in villages and are away from access to information technology are by and large ignorant and not quality conscious. This leads to create awareness among the dairy farmers, extension functionaries and office bearers about the measure to be taken for quality and clean milk production.
Promotion of clean milk production/quality assurance by introduction of machine milking at organized dairy and at collection center (Community milking)
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Complete automation of collection centers with provision of bulk milk cooler, milko tester, and computerized billing and record keeping at district, tahsil, block and panchayat levels in order.
Promotion of chilling centers in consonance with the rise in production of milk Private participation to be encouraged by providing infrastructures such as land and interest free loan
In rural areas propagating the identified village practices for enhancement of keeping quality in out reach villages.
Village level quality assurance and control through strengthening of existing laboratories
Establishment of Certification labs
Awareness capacity building
Premium pricing policy
With this background following areas are identified for discussion in light of the present status and changes which are required in dairy education in light of globalization of dairy industry.
Human resource development
Adoption of the latest & advanced dairy and value addition technology in milk processing can minimize losses, provide better quality, nutrition and more employment opportunities. Dairy technology, offer promising option for value addition and resource recovery in terms of consumer food availability and simultaneously more earning at farmers and industry level. There is large scope for milk industry to grow in view of the globalization and increasing purchasing power of consumers. This will further increase the requirement of dairy technologist and researchers.
The graduates passing out today do not match the requirements of emerging market. Globalization and demand led market necessitate a relook at the content and delivery of curricula and curriculum delivery such that the graduates coming out not only meet the expectations of different stake holders but also be propeller of agricultural growth. For India to occupy pre-eminent position in the international market, it is important that our graduates also remain in the forefront of developing new technologies and disseminate them to the farming community.
At present 12 colleges in the country are offering undergraduate program in Dairy Technology.
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