PM Modi To Inaugurate 4-Day IDF World Dairy Summit 2022 In Greater Noida
The four-day long IDF WDS 2022 will be held from September 12 to September 15 where 1,500 participants from 50 countries are expected to join.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday will inaugurate the International Dairy Federation World Dairy Summit (IDF WDS) 2022, which is being held at India Expo Centre and Mart, Greater Noida at around 10:30 am. The four-day long IDF WDS 2022 will be held from September 12 to September 15 where 1,500 participants from 50 countries are expected to join.
The Summit being organised after half a century in India — last summit held in 1974 — is a congregation of global and Indian dairy stakeholders including industry leaders, experts, farmers and policy planners centring around the theme of ‘Dairy for Nutrition and Livelihood’.
At 10:30 AM tomorrow, 12th September, will inaugurate the IDF World Dairy Summit 2022. I would urge all those passionate about agriculture and the dairy sector to join tomorrow’s programme, which brings different stakeholders of the sector together. https://t.co/3N263mKxyp
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 11, 2022
The Indian dairy industry is unique in the sense that it is based on a cooperative model that empowers small and marginal dairy farmers, especially women. Driven by the vision of the Prime Minister, the government has taken multiple steps for the betterment of the dairy sector resulting in an increase of milk production by more than 44% in the last eight years, stated the official press release by the Prime Minister’s Office.
The success story of the Indian dairy industry, accounting for about 23% of global milk, producing around 210 million tonnes annually, and empowering more than 8 crore dairy farmers, will be showcased at the IDF WDS 2022. The summit will also help Indian dairy farmers to gain exposure about the global best practices, it added.
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