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Agriculture Minister Kinjarapu Atchannaidu connected Friday said the dairy assemblage emerged arsenic the backbone of agrarian economy, playing a important relation successful ensuring regular incomes to farmers, empowering women, and generating employment successful villages.
Addressing the Southern Dairy and Food Conclave–2026 organised successful Kozhikode, Kerala, Mr. Atchannaidu underlined the increasing value of the assemblage successful strengthening agrarian livelihoods and the nationalist economy.
Speaking aft inspecting assorted dairy manufacture products astatine the conclave, Mr. Atchannaidu said carnal husbandry and dairy had been integral to India’s economic, societal and taste beingness since past times.
He noted that for tiny and marginal farmers, livestock rearing had go a captious root of economical security, portion dairy-based activities importantly expanded employment opportunities successful the agrarian areas. The assemblage besides played a cardinal relation successful women empowerment, nutritional security, and inclusive growth, helium added.
Emphasising the request to further fortify the dairy sector, Mr. Atchannaidu said the integration of modern exertion and technological practices was indispensable to marque dairying much profitable and sustainable. He lauded the Indian Dairy Association for its pivotal relation successful promoting technological and technological advancements, and transforming the assemblage into a viable and growth-oriented industry.
Expressing confidence, helium said the conclave would lend meaningfully to the advancement of the country’s dairy sector.
The Minister besides congratulated the Indian Dairy Association for felicitating Nara Bhuvaneshwari, vice-chairperson and managing manager of Heritage Foods Limited and managing trustee of the NTR Memorial Trust.
He said Heritage Foods, nether her visionary enactment implicit the past 3 decades, emerged arsenic a starring subordinate successful the Indian dairy industry. He recalled that the institution won the prestigious Golden Peacock Award for Excellence successful Corporate Governance 3 times, instituted by the Institute of Directors.
Describing Ms. Bhuvaneshwari arsenic not lone a palmy concern person but besides a compassionate humanitarian, Mr. Atchannaidu praised her societal work initiatives done the NTR Memorial Trust successful the fields of education, healthcare, women and younker development, and catastrophe relief, aimed astatine empowering underprivileged sections of society.
