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How technology delivers more female calves, boosts dairy business in Guntur

Thanks to sex-sorted semen insemination, 90% of the new cattle born in Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur district are female, making dairying lucrative for farmers.

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Appetite for organic dairy spurs cottage industry

The growing demand for organic, homemade dairy products gives a boost to Kashmiri villagers who once tried to make ends meet by selling unprocessed milk. Now business is booming for curd, butter and paneer.

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How rural India showed resilience, synergy during lockdown

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Republic Day is an ideal occasion to celebrate rural India’s positive progress. VillageSquare recollects how communities used the lockdown productively, despite difficulties and loss of livelihoods.

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Dairy cooperative creates a closed-loop replicable system

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The lockdown made many dairy cooperatives lose business. However, a village cooperative in Anand has created a sustainable financial and ecological model, building synergy among farmers

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Multiple post-pandemic measures will stabilize farm economy

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Farm sector faces challenges of workforce shortage and disrupted supply chain. Multiple measures by government can stabilize farm economy and sustain everyone in food production

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Dairy farming in tribal regions holds enormous promise

With a little help from the government and specialized agencies, the promotion of dairy farming among the tribal people of central and eastern India has potential to lift millions out of poverty

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Karnataka dairy farmers face heat of drought

Dairy farmers in Karnataka have been seriously impacted by the severe drought in most parts of the state as milk yields have fallen and fodder has become more expensive