New challenges for dairy sector post lockdown: NDRI scientists

The post-lockdown period poses new challenges for the dairy sector which contributes around 26% to total agriculture GDP of India, National Dairy Research Institute scientists Gunjan Bhandari & Priyanka Lal said in a recent report. After-effects of supply chain disruption during lockdown period will be visible in the post-lockdown phase, the scientists said. In addition, demand uncertainties are here to stay for a longer time. Lower income of dairy farmers during and after the lockdown period will further hinder the farm investment in the near future, their report mentioned.