National Dairy Support Project (NDSP) - Phase 2

dropped

Failure

The proposed project will address key gaps and deficiencies in the dairy sector in focus states in India and support the sector’s transformation towards increased productivity, resilience, and profitability. By doing so, it will contribute to key aspects of the GoI and the Bank’s CPF strategic objectives related to faster and broader agriculture sector growth and inclusive development. The project will also work closely with the pipeline project under development – Animal Health System Support for Improved One Health (AHSSOH) – to enhance animal health management. Farmers have limited access to the organized milk processing sector. Only about 36 percent of the marketable surplus is estimated to be sold to the organized sector. Small producers, who account for 70 percent of milk production, are particularly affected. Also, milk processed and marketed by the organized sector is safer and less likely to be contaminated, which offers health and food safety benefits. In addition to the marketing and food safety challenges Productivity is low mainly due to poor nutrition, health, the low genetic potential for milk production, and the near absence of well-run genetic improvement programs. Animal nutrition is undermined not only by feed and fodder scarcity but also lack of farmers‟ knowledge on how to better use existing feed resources. There is little extension advice available to farmers about improved animal feeding practices.The project will help to increase milk production by improving nutrition and enhancing farmers' knowledge on how to use better existing feed resources and optimal use of feed and fodder. This would be achieved through support to extensive training of dairy farmers and doorstep delivery of ration advisory services, integrated with veterinary support, together with convergence with the DAHD programme. The project will raise farmers' ‟awareness” about the importance of good quality milk and build their capacity for hygienic milk production, collection and sale. The collective sale will strengthen farmers‟ negotiating power and reduce transaction costs for such a highly perishable commodity.The project recognizes the role of an enabling policy and regulatory environment to support the intended investments. Consequently, project investments would be supported in those states that commit to certain time-bound actions onwards a more enabling policy environment.

FY17 - Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry,FY17 - Industry, Trade and Services

World Bank Group

Project

Power Generation (CCGT), Consumer Products, Raw Materials, Government