IDF WDS 2022: The International Dairy Federation World Dairy Summit (IDF WDS) 2022 was recently inaugurate by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi.

PM Modi also inspected an exhibition at India Expo Centre & Mart, Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh.

Key Points of the Summit:

• The IDF WDS 2022 was organized at India Expo Centre & Mart, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
• The summit is a four long day event being held from September 12 to September 15, 2022.
• Around 1,500 participants from 50 countries are expected to participate in IDF WDS 2022.
• The success story of the Indian dairy industry, accounting for about 23 percent of global milk, producing around 210 million tonnes annually and empowering more than 8 crore dairy farmers, will be showcased at the Summit.
• The summit will also help Indian dairy farmers to gain exposure about the global best practices.
• IDF WDS 2022 is being held in the country after a very long period of 48 years.
• As per the release issued by PMO, the last such Summit was held in India in 1974.

World Dairy Summit 2022 Theme:

• The IDF WDS 2022 theme is centred around a unique theme of ‘Dairy for Nutrition and Livelihood’.
• This 4-day summit is a congregation of global and Indian dairy stakeholders including industry leaders, experts, farmers and policy planners who will discuss the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for the industry.
• The organization of the IDF WDS 2022 comes in the backdrop of India’s implementation of several positive policy measures to boost the dairy industry.

Indian Dairy Industry:

• India's dairy sector is characterized by ‘production by masses’ more than ‘mass production’.
• Dairy Cooperative in India is unique in the whole world and can be a good business model for poor countries.
• Dairy cooperatives collect milk twice a day from about two crore farmers in more than two lakh villages in the country and deliver it to the customers.
• More than 70% of the money that is received from the customers goes directly to the farmer.
• Women are the real leaders of India's dairy sector.
• At more than eight and a half lakh crore rupees, the dairy sector is more than the combined value of wheat and rice production.
• India produced 146 million tonnes of milk in 2014.
• It has now increased to 210 million tonnes i.e., an increase of about 44 per cent.
• Indian milk production is increasing at 6% annual rate against 2% global growth.
• India is building the largest database of dairy animals and every animal associated with the dairy sector is being tagged.
• India has resolved that the country will vaccinate 100% of the animals against Foot and Mouth Disease and Brucellosis by 2025.
• Indian scientists have also prepared indigenous vaccine for Lumpy Skin Disease.
• India is working on a digital system which will capture the end-to-end activities of the livestock sector.