@article{Singh:96924,
      recid = {96924},
      author = {Singh, Shiv Raj and Datta, K.K.},
      title = {Understanding Value Addition in Indian Dairy Sector: Some  Perspectives},
      journal = {Agricultural Economics Research Review},
      address = {2010-11},
      number = {347-2016-16951},
      year = {2010},
      abstract = {Indian dairy sector has shown tremendous growth in terms  of milk production, from 17 million tonnes
(1950-51) to 112  million tonnes (2009-10). This transition from deficiency  to sufficiency has been achieved
by a series of policy  interventions by the government. It has been found that in  the first phase of ‘Operation
Flood’, growth rate of  value-added products was 0.93 per cent per annum, but in  the third phase, it became
9.10 per cent per annum. Milk  processing in India is around 35 per cent, of which the  organized dairy
industry accounts for only 13 per cent of  the milk produced, the remaining 22 per cent is processed  in the
unorganized sector. To explore the diversity and  market exploration for enhancing the value in milk,  the
study has identified the untapped demand of different  dairy and dairy products in ethnically diversified
rural  urban groups. The paper has highlighted certain dairy  development policies to encourage growth of
the dairy  sector. While value addition in milk is unavoidable if one  has to enhance sector profitability, the
same does not seem  feasible unless the organized sector improves its  penetration. Because, it is the
involvement of the  organized sector that will drive the growth by resorting to  value addition in basic
product and harnessing the consumer  market. The mechanics of the organized sector penetration  could be
agency-specific as also area-specific.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/96924},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.96924},
}