INDIA’S DAIRY INDUSTRY REORIENTS PRODUCTION TOWARDS SOLID PRODUCTS DURING COVID-19 LOCKDOWN
April 2nd, 2020
India’s large-scale dairy industry is reorienting procurement and processing towards making solid dairy products, taking advantage of the supply chain and demand disruptions caused by the 21-day national lockdown from March 25 imposed by the government to control the spread of Covid-19.
“We are collecting 10 to 15 percent more milk as the smaller dairies have closed [leaving farmers with fewer outlets],” Rupinder Singh Sodhi, managing director of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which owns the Amul brand, told just-food. The ...
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